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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd., Rehovot, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9145 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/9145 ;
Abstract
A human synthetic peptide-based influenza vaccine for intranasal administration comprises a mixture of flagella containing at least four epitopes of influenza virus reactive with human cells, each expressed individually in Salmonella flagellin, said influenza virus epitopes being selected from the group consisting of: (i) one B-cell hemagglutinin (HA) epitope; (ii) one T-helper hemagglutinin (HA) or nucleo-protein (NP) epitope that can bind to many HLA molecules; and (iii) at least two cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) nucleoprotein (NP) or matrix protein (M) epitopes that are restricted to the most prevalent HLA molecules in different human populations.