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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos, NM (US);
William Fischer, Sante Fe, NM (US);
Norman Letvin, Boston, MA (US);
Hua-xin Liao, Durham, NC (US);
Barton F. Haynes, Durham, NC (US);
Beatrice H. Hahn, Birmingham, AL (US);
Bette T. Korber, Los Alamos, NM (US);
William Fischer, Sante Fe, NM (US);
Norman Letvin, Boston, MA (US);
Hua-Xin Liao, Durham, NC (US);
Barton F. Haynes, Durham, NC (US);
Beatrice H. Hahn, Birmingham, AL (US);
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Los Alamos, NM (US);
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, Boston, MA (US);
DUKE UNIERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to an immunogenic composition (e.g., a vaccine) and, in particular, to a polyvalent immunogenic composition, such as a polyvalent HIV vaccine containing nucleic acids encoding HIV-1 gag mosaic proteins, and to methods of using same. The invention further relates to methods that use a genetic algorithm to create sets of polyvalent antigens suitable for use, for example, in vaccination strategies.