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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen M. Boyle, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Silvio Cravero, Republica, AR;
Lynette Corbeil, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerhardt Schurig, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Nammalwar Srirnaganathan, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ramesh Vemulapalli, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/902 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an over-expressing homologous antigen vaccine, a method of producing the same, and use of the vaccine for prophylaxis or treatment of vertebrates at risk of or suffering from disease caused by a pathogenic micro-organism. The vaccine is an attenuated or avirulent pathogenic micro-organism that over-expresses at least one homologous antigen encoded by at least one gene derived from the pathogenic micro-organism, and may also express a heterologous antigen.