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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
May. 05, 2000
Steven G. Reed, Bellevue, WA (US);
Antonio Campos-Neto, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
John R. Webb, Manotick, CA;
Davin C. Dillon, Issaquah, WA (US);
Yasir A. Skeiky, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ajay Bhatia, Seattle, WA (US);
Rhea Coler, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter Probst, Seattle, WA (US);
Corixa Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Compositions and methods for preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis and stimulating immune responses in patients are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least an immunogenic portion of one or more Leishmania antigens, or a variant thereof. Vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such polypeptides, or polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, are also provided and may be used, for example, for the prevention and therapy of leishmaniasis, as well as for the detection of Leishmania infection.