Methods of Treating and Preventing Infections
AssigneeLonghorn Vaccines and Diagnostics, LLC
InventorsGerald W. Fischer, Luke T. Daum
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Abstract
The invention relates to composite antigens comprising a peptide with contiguous amino acid sequence derived from a plurality of antigenic epitopes of one or more pathogens that induces an immune response in a mammal that is protective against infection by the one or more pathogens. In addition, the invention relates to vaccines comprising composite antigens and to method for treating and preventing an infection.
Claims6
A method of treating or preventing an infection of an influenza virus comprising:
- providing an immunogenic composition that contains a peptide which comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to any one of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1-116;
- and a T-cell stimulating epitope;
- and
- administering the immunogenic composition to a patient to generate an immunological response to the infection.
An immunogenic composition that contains a peptide which comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to any one or more of SEQ ID NOs:
- 1-116;
- and a T-cell stimulating epitope.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.