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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Gale Smith, Rockville, MD (US);
Peter Pushko, Rockville, MD (US);
Kutub Mahmood, Rockville, MD (US);
Bin Zhao, Rockville, MD (US);
Gale Smith, Rockville, MD (US);
Peter Pushko, Rockville, MD (US);
Kutub Mahmood, Rockville, MD (US);
Bin Zhao, Rockville, MD (US);
Novavax, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses novel influenza virus-like particles (VLPs) that contain chimeric proteins or influenza membrane proteins. The chimeric proteins are derived from fragments of influenza membrane proteins fused to heterologous proteins. The invention includes antigenic formulations and vaccines comprising VLPs of the invention as well as methods of making and administering VLPs to vertebrates, including methods of inducing immunity to infections, such as influenza.