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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Scott C. Weaver, Galveston, TX (US);
Ilya V. Frolov, Birmingham, AL (US);
Elena Frolova, Birmingham, AL (US);
Scott C. Weaver, Galveston, TX (US);
Ilya V. Frolov, Birmingham, AL (US);
Elena Frolova, Birmingham, AL (US);
The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses an attenuated recombinant alphavirus that is incapable of replicating in mosquito cells and of transmission by mosquito vectors. These attenuated alphavirus may include but is not limited to Western Equine Encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus or Chikungunya virus. The present invention also discloses the method of generating such alphaviruses and their use as immunogenic compositions.