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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2013
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Laura K. McMullan, Decatur, GA (US);
Cynthia Goldsmith, Lilburn, GA (US);
Aubree Kelly, Atlanta, GA (US);
William L. Nicholson, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stuart T. Nichol, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are the clinical and laboratory characteristics of two patients bitten by ticks and infected with a unique member of the genus(family Bunyaviridae) with a proposed name of Heartland virus (HRTLV). Provided herein are nucleotide and amino acid sequences of theisolates, primers and probes that specifically hybridize with theisolates, and antibodies specific for theproteins. Also provided are detection assays using thenucleic acid molecules, proteins, probes, primers and antibodies. Further provided are recombinantand their use for eliciting an immune response in a subject.