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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicants:
Rino Rappuoli, Castelnuovo Berardenga, IT;
Guido Grandi, Segrate, IT;
Inventors:
Rino Rappuoli, Castelnuovo Berardenga, IT;
Guido Grandi, Segrate, IT;
Assignee:
Chiron S.r.l., Siena, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K039/00 ; A61K039/385 ; A61K039/02 ; A61K039/29 ; C07K001/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to polyepitope carrier proteins that comprise at least five CD4+ T cell epitopes, for conjugation to capsular polysaccharides. The carrier proteins are use useful as components of vaccines that can elicit a T-cell dependent immune response. These vaccines arm particularly useful to confer protection against infection from encapsulated bacteria in infants between the ages of 3 months and about 2 years.