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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Ilya V. Frolov, Birmingham, AL (US);
Scott C. Weaver, Galveston, TX (US);
Eryu Wang, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ilya V. Frolov, Birmingham, AL (US);
Scott C. Weaver, Galveston, TX (US);
Eryu Wang, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/12 (2006.01); C12N 7/01 (2006.01); C12N 15/86 (2006.01); C12Q 1/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses a chimeric Chikungunya virus comprising a heterologous alphavirus cDNA fragment and a Chikungunya virus cDNA fragment. The heterologous alphavirus may include but is not limited to Sindbis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus or Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. The present invention also discloses the use of this chimeric Chikungunya virus as vaccines and in serological and diagnostic assays.