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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2009
Mathura P. Ramanathan, Ardmore, PA (US);
Niranjan Sardesai, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Mathura P. Ramanathan, Ardmore, PA (US);
Niranjan Sardesai, Blue Bell, PA (US);
VGX Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention is related to nucleic acid constructs capable of expressing a polypeptide that elicits an immune response in a mammal against more than one subtype of dengue virus, and methods of use thereof. Additionally, there are DNA plasmid vaccines capable of generating in a mammal an immune response against a plurality of dengue virus subtypes, comprising a DNA plasmid and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and methods of use thereof. The DNA plasmid is capable of expressing a consensus dengue antigen in a cell of the mammal in a quantity effective to elicit an immune response in the mammal.