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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Stuart C. Ray, Lutherville, MD (US);
Andrew L. Cox, Towson, MD (US);
David L. Thomas, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Stuart C. Ray, Lutherville, MD (US);
Andrew L. Cox, Towson, MD (US);
David L. Thomas, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides consensus sequences for hepatitis C virus 1a and 1b. Also provided are non-synonymous changes for each residue of the consensus sequences. These sequences are useful as compositions or vaccines for prophylactic use or treating HCV-infected individuals. Also provided are methods for lessening the chances for a HCV-infected individual to enter a chronic phase of infection and methods of diagnosing an individual with HCV 1a or HCV 1b infection.