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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
The United States of America Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Albert I. Ko, Salvador, BR;
Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Salvador, BR;
Julio Henrique Rosa Croda, Salvador, BR;
Isadora Cristina Siqueira, Salvador, BR;
David A. Haake, Los Angeles, CA (US);
James Matsunaga, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lee W. Riley, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michele Barocchi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Tracy Ann Young, Berkeley, CA (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz—FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Abstract
The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in thesp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection withspecies that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance.