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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Suman M. Mahan, Harare, ZW;
Anthony F. Barbet, Archer, FL (US);
Michael J. Burridge, Gainesville, FL (US);
Gillian E. Smith, Harare, ZW;
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to materials and methods for preventing, or reducing the severity of, heartwater disease in animals. One aspect of the invention is a vaccine against heartwater comprising cultured inactivated rickettsiae mixed with a suitable adjuvant. The vaccine of the subject invention can be injected into an animal and, once injected, induces immune responses which protect the animal from severe heartwater when exposed to infection with rickettsiae. The invention further concerns methods of producing a vaccine for use against heartwater. The invention also concerns methods for inducing an immune response in animals, such as mammals, against heartwater by inoculating an animal with a vaccine composition of the present invention.