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Patent Inventor Names
Davin C. Dillon0
Steven G. Reed0
Raymond Houghton0
Yasir A. W. Skeiky0
Thomas S. Vedvick0
Antonio Campos-Neto0
Daniel R. Twardzik0
Date of Patent
August 2, 2011
0Patent Application Number
119803200
Date Filed
October 29, 2007
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Compounds and methods for inducing protective immunity against tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one immunogenic portion of one or more M. tuberculosis proteins and DNA molecules encoding such polypeptides. Such compounds may be formulated into vaccines and/or pharmaceutical compositions for immunization against M. tuberculosis infection, or may be used for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
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