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US 5,518,724 AGranted
Infectious bursal disease virus
AssigneeUniversity of Maryland
InventorsDavid B. Snyder, deceased, Vikram Vakharia
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Abstract
A new virus not neutralized or bound by monoclonal antibodies which are group neutralizing to all IBDV vaccines of current art, and capable of inducing infectious bursal disease in poultry is identified, in essentially pure form. A test kit, and assay for the presence of the virus is disclosed, together with the vaccine incorporating the virus. A monoclonal antibody Mab 50, which neutralizes the virus, form the basis of an alternative vaccine.
Claims3
A substantially pure preparation of the virus expressed by the cell line deposited at the Institute Pasteur under the accession number i-910.
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