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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Suzanne U Emerson, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert H Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Sergei A Tsarev, Rockville, MD (US);
Robin A Robinson, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health, , US;
Novavax, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 231 ; 435-5 ; 435-71 ; 4353201 ; 4352402 ; 4352523 ; 4352542 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the expression of open reading frame 2 (ORF-2) proteins of a strain of hepatitis E virus from Pakistan (SAR-55) in a eukaryotic expression system. The expressed proteins can serve as an antigen in diagnostic immunoassays and/or as an immunogen or vaccine to protect against infection by hepatitis E.