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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brendan Scott Crabb, Ascot Vale, AU;
Michael Justin Studdert, Balwyn, AU;
Assignee:
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9245 ; G01N 3/353 ; C07K 1/403 ; C12N 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9245 ; G01N 3/353 ; C07K 1/403 ; C12N 7/00 ;
Abstract
A vaccine for the selective immunization of horses against EHV4 and/or EHV1 is provided comprising at least one of (i) EHV4 virus wherein a portion of the gG gene of the EHV4 virus that elicits a type-specific response to EHV4 has been deleted and (ii) EHV1 virus wherein a portion of the gG gene of the EHV1 virus that elicits a type-specific response to EHV1 has been deleted. Antibodies which specifically bind to a epitopes of EHV4 gG or EHV1 also are provided.