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US 2009/0288179 A1Published application
Inactivated Nodavirus Vaccine
AssigneeNovartis AG
InventorsNuno DOS SANTOS, Jacqueline Ireland, Andrew Cartner Barnes, Michael Horne
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Abstract
A vaccine against nodavirus infection in fish can be produced by inactivating the virus using an aziridine compound. This vaccine can be used to prevent Viral Nervous Necrosis (VNN) in a variety of fish species.
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An inactivated piscine nodavirus that serologically reacts with antiserum raised against Maltese nodavirus isolate Mt/01/Sba deposited as ECACC Accession No. 03060401, wherein the inactivated piscine nodavirus has a characteristic property of immunogenicity of the deposited isolate.
A vaccine composition comprising:
- an inactivated piscine nodavirus;
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- a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier,
- wherein the inactivated piscine nodavirus is a piscine nodavirus inactivated with an aziridine compound, wherein the inactivated piscine nodavirus serologically reacts with antiserum raised against Maltese nodavirus isolate Mt/01/Sba deposited as ECACC Accession No. 03060401, wherein the inactivated piscine nodavirus retains a characteristic property of immunogenicity of the piscine nodavirus.
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