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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2008
Mathias Ackermann, Basserdorf, CH;
Mark Suter, Lucerne, CH;
Hans Peter Hefti, Zurich, CH;
Ruth Hefti, Legal Representative, Zurich, CH;
Marco Franchini, Suhr, CH;
Sabine Vollstedt, Bokhold-Hanredder, DE;
Paul Chaplin, Munich, DE;
Mathias Ackermann, Basserdorf, CH;
Mark Suter, Lucerne, CH;
Hans Peter Hefti, Zurich, CH;
Ruth Hefti, legal representative, Zurich, CH;
Marco Franchini, Suhr, CH;
Sabine Vollstedt, Bokhold-Hanredder, DE;
Paul Chaplin, Munich, DE;
Bavarian Nordic A/S, Kvistgaard, DK;
Abstract
The invention concerns the use of a virus to increase the number of dendritic cells or their precursor cells in an immunocompromised animal, including a human. The virus is preferably a Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara which is capable of infecting the cells of a neonatal or prenatal animal, including a human, but not capable of being replicated to infectious progeny virus in the neonatal or prenatal animal, including a human.