Human/simian chimeric hepatitis A virus vaccine
AssigneeThe United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsSergei A. Tsarev, Suzanne U. Emerson, Robert H. Purcell
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Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a substantially pure preparation of the simian hepatitis A viral isolate AGM-27; a substantially pure preparation of the genomic DNA of simian hepatitis A viral isolate AGM-27; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the simian hepatitis A viral isolate AGM-27; a method of preventing hepatitis A in an animal; and a vaccine comprising the simian hepatitis A viral isolate AGM-27.
Claims5
A hepatitis A virus having a genome consisting of a human attenuated hepatitis A virus sequence wherein the 5' noncoding region has been replaced by the 5' noncoding region of simian hepatitis A virus AGM-27.
A hepatitis A virus having a genome consisting of a human attenuated hepatitis A virus sequence wherein the 2A nonstructural region has been replaced by the 2A nonstructural region of simian hepatitis A virus AGM-27.
A hepatitis A virus having a genome consisting of a human attenuated hepatitis A virus sequence wherein the 2B nonstructural region has been replaced by the 2B nonstructural region of simian hepatitis A virus AGM-27.
A hepatitis A virus having a genome consisting of a human attenuated hepatitis A virus sequence wherein the 2C nonstructural region has been replaced by the 2C nonstructural region of simian hepatitis A virus AGM-27.
A hepatitis A virus having a genome consisting of a human attenuated hepatitis A virus sequence wherein the 2A, 2B and 2C nonstructural regions have been replaced by the 2A, 2B and 2C nonstructural regions of simian hepatitis A virus AGM-27.
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