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US 5,604,093 AGranted
Human herpesvirus-6(HHV-6)Isolution and Products
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsSyed Z. Salahuddin, Dharam V. Ablashi, Steven F. Josephs, Carl W. Saxinger, Flossie Wong-Staal, Robert C. Gallo
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Abstract
A new human B lymphotropic virus, also designated human herpesvirus-6, has been isolated. DNA, molecular clones, antigenic viral proteins and antibodies having specificity to the new virus have been prepared. Various utilities of the new virus and products derived therefrom have been described.
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An isolated human herpes virus wherein said isolated human herpes virus comprises a virus with:
- (a) the morphology of a human herpes virus;
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- (b) a double-stranded DNA genome of about 170 Kb;
- and wherein genomic DNA from said isolated human herpes virus hybridizes under stringent conditions with nucleic acid of molecular clone ZVH14 (ATCC accession No. 40,247).
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