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US 5,665,533 AGranted
Skin test to human papillomavirus type 16
AssigneeBehringwerke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsReinhard Hopfl, Ingrid Jochmus-Kudielka, Lutz Gissmann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a skin test to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16.
Claims6
A method for detecting a cell-mediated immune response to human papilloma virus comprising
- a. performing an intracutaneous skin test with an effective amount of protein L1 of human papilloma virus 16 or immunologically active parts thereof, and a means for administering said protein into the skin with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, and
- b. observing reactivity to the protein on the skin at the administration site.
A method for detecting a cell-mediated immune response to human papilloma virus in patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia comprising
- a. performing an intracutaneous skin test with an effective amount of protein L1 of human papilloma virus 16 or immunologically active pads thereof, and a means for administering said protein into the skin with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, and
- b. observing reactivity to the protein on the skin at the administration site.
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