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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J. Dunn, Bellport, NY (US);
Benjamin J. Luft, Port Jefferson, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
Abstract
Chimeric nucleic acids encoding chimeric Borrelia proteins consisting of at least two antigenic polypeptides from corresponding and/or non-corresponding proteins from the same and/or different species of Borrelia, are disclosed. Chimeric proteins encoded by the nucleic acid sequences are also disclosed. The chimeric proteins are useful as vaccine immunogens against Lyme borreliosis, as well as for immunodiagnostic reagents.