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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Moncef Mohamed Slaoui, Rixensart, BE;
Pierre G. Vandepapeliere, Rixensart, BE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9395 ;
Abstract
A method of administering a vaccine to females to prevent or treat infections associated with pathogens which cause sexually transmitted diseases is described. The vaccine comprises one or more antigens for the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, for example an HSV glycoprotein D or an immunological fragment thereof, and an adjuvant, especially a TH-1 inducing adjuvant. The use of the vaccine components for the formulation of a vaccine composition for the prevention or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases in female subjects is also described.