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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graham Stephen Le Gros, Wellington, NZ;
Charles Richard William Beasley, Wellington, NZ;
John William Holloway, Southampton, GB;
Klaus Erb, Wurzburg, DE;
Assignee:
The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/904 ; A61K 3/935 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/904 ; A61K 3/935 ; C12N 1/12 ; C12N 1/00 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to methods of preventing or reducing the severity of asthma or the risk of development of same in an individual. The method relies on administration to the airways of the individual of an immunologically effective dose of a mycobacterium based vaccine. The mycobacteria are effective in inducing a Thl type immune response in the individual.