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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James B Dale, Memphis, TN (US);
James W Lederer, Advance, NC (US);
Assignee:
University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4242441 ; 4241841 ; 4241851 ; 4241921 ; 4242441 ; 536 231 ; 536 234 ; 536 237 ; 4353201 ;
Abstract
A recombinant multivalent hybrid protein vaccine against multiple serotypes of group A streptococci that may result in rheumatic fever. The vaccine can also evoke other protective antibodies of the mucosal type DNA sequences e.g. genes which encode the necessary amino acids that carry our the desired epitopes. A method of vaccination against streptococcal infections and compositions for carrying out the same.