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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Veronica Fowler, Alton, GB;
Nick Knowles, Aldershot, GB;
Paul Barnett, Windlesham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE, Pirbright, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/135 (2006.01); C07K 14/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/00 (2013.01); A61K 39/135 (2013.01); C07K 14/005 (2013.01); C12N 2770/32122 (2013.01); C12N 2770/32134 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus having improved stability compared to the field isolate of the same subtype, wherein the virus comprises one or more amino acid mutations along a line of symmetry of the capsid structure. The present invention also relates to a vaccine comprising such an FMD virus and its use to prevent foot and mouth disease.