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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Applicants:
Robert S. Lowe, Harleysville, PA (US);
Craig M. Meyers, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Jiaping Zhang, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Michelle Kaupas, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Kathrin Ute Jansen, Doylestown, PA (US);
Inventors:
Robert S. Lowe, Harleysville, PA (US);
Craig M. Meyers, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Jiaping Zhang, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Michelle Kaupas, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Kathrin Ute Jansen, Doylestown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3912 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to infectious chimeric papillomaviruses, and especially those where the early genes are from human papillomavirus (HPV) 18, and the late genes are from another HPV. Also presented are methods of culturing the virus in raft cell cultures, and to assays utilizing these chimeric viruses.