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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Patrick Cleary, Shoreview, MN (US);
Deborah K. Stafslien, Fridley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9385 ; A61K 3/9295 ; A61K 3/985 ; A61K 3/909 ; A61K 3/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9385 ; A61K 3/9295 ; A61K 3/985 ; A61K 3/909 ; A61K 3/902 ;
Abstract
Novel vaccines for use against &bgr;-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection are disclosed. The vaccines contain an immunogenic amount of a variant of strepococcal C5a peptidase (SCP). Also disclosed is a method of protecting a susceptible mammal against &bgr;-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection by administering such a vaccine. Enzymatically inactive SCP, and polynucleotides encoding these SCP proteins are further disclosed.