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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Peter W. Mason, Galveston, TX (US);
Elena Frolova, Galveston, TX (US);
Ilya Frolov, Galveston, TX (US);
Peter W. Mason, Galveston, TX (US);
Elena Frolova, Galveston, TX (US);
Ilya Frolov, Galveston, TX (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a replication-deficient pseudoinfective virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family that lack the capsid gene, where the replication-deficient pseudoinfective virus propagates only in cells expressing the capsid or capsid, prM and envelope protein of the flavivirus. The present also discloses the method of producing such viruses on a large scale and the use of these pseudoinfective viruses as vaccines for preventing diseases caused by infections of humans or animals by the viruses belonging to this family.