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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2004
Applicant:
James B Dale, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventor:
James B Dale, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/09 (2006.01); A61K 39/02 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for eliciting an immune response against Group A, comprising use of recombinant fusion polypeptides, and compositions thereof, that include a multivalent immunogenic portion of at least two immunogenic polypeptides from Group AM proteins (which are capable of stimulating a protective immune response against Group A), and a reiterated polypeptide from the immunogenic portion carboxy-terminal to the immunogenic portion, wherein the carboxy-terminal polypeptide is not required to stimulate an immune response against Group A