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Title:
INFLUENZA A VIRUS HAEMAGGLUTININ SUBTYPE H16 PROTEINS AND THEIR ENCODING NUCLEI C ACID
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002024734
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A sixteenth haemagglutinin subtype of influenza A virus (H16) has been isolated from gulls in Sweden and the Netherlands. The invention provides the new virus, its haemagglutinin protein and nucleic acid encoding the same. These are particularly useful for vaccination. Of the fifteen known subtypes H1 to H15, this subtype is most closely related to H13.

Inventors:
FOUCHIER RON (NL)
OLSEN BJORN (NL)
OSTERHAUS ALBERT (NL)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2001/001914
Publication Date:
August 15, 2002
Filing Date:
September 19, 2001
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Assignee:
CHIRON SPA (IT)
FOUCHIER RON (NL)
OLSEN BJORN (NL)
OSTERHAUS ALBERT (NL)
International Classes:
C07K14/11; C12N7/00; A61K39/00; (IPC1-7): C07K14/005; A61K39/12; C07K16/08; C07K14/11
Domestic Patent References:
WO1993015763A11993-08-19
WO1994006468A11994-03-31
Foreign References:
US5762939A1998-06-09
Other References:
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