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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John E. Herrmann, Northborough, MA (US);
Shan Lu, Northborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/915 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/915 ;
Abstract
A method of producing an effective immune response in an animal against a first rotavirus, by (1) identifying an animal susceptible to or having a first rotavirus infection; and (2) administering to the animal an isolated VP6 polypeptide of a second rotavirus sufficient to produce an effective immune response against the first rotavirus, the second rotavirus capable of infecting a different species than the first rotavirus.