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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:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth H. Eckels, Rockville, MD (US);
Joseph R. Putnak, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Doria R. Dubois, Wheaton, MD (US);
Bruce L. Innis, Haverford, PA (US);
Charles H. Hoke, Columbia, MD (US);
David Vaughn, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9193 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9193 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides vaccine compositions of attenuated dengue-4 virus. More specifically, the attenuated virus is produced by serial passage in PDK cells. The invention also provides methods for stimulating the immune system of an individual to induce protection against dengue-4 virus by administration of attenuated dengue-4 virus.