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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Tessie B. McNeely, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US);
Leslie Cope, Hatfield, PA (US);
Sharon Smith, Downington, PA (US);
Amita Joshi, Lansdale, PA (US);
Irene Pak, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Arthur Fridman, East Norriton, PA (US);
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to peptides of the enolase protein fromas well as nucleic acid and nucleic acid sequence homologs encoding the peptides. The present invention also relates to a composition, particularly avaccine, comprising one or more of the enolase peptides described herein or a fragment, derivative or variant thereof capable of generating an immune response that induces a protective antibody response or opsonophagocytic activity of human neutrophils for. The present invention also encompasses methods of treating and/or reducing the likelihood of ainfection by administering a composition of the invention.