Live attenuated virus vaccines for la crosse virus and other bunyaviridae
AssigneeThe United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsStephen S. Whitehead, Richard S. Bennett, Brian R. Murphy
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Abstract
The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACY) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.
Claims9
An immunogenic composition comprising a La Crosse virus polypeptide or a nucleic acid molecule encoding same, wherein said La Crosse virus polypeptide comprises a mutation at amino acid 148 of GN.
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