Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method of producing attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by mutating the Npro protease gene. The invention includes the attenuated viruses made by this method, antibodies generated using these viruses, and vaccines that can be used for immunizing cattle.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a bovine viral diarrhea virus comprising at least one helicase domain amino acid mutation wherein the mutation in the NS3 domain results in a loss of recognition by a monoclonal antibody raised against wild-type NS3 but wherein viral RNA replication and the generation of infectious virus is retained. The present invention is useful, for example, to produce a marked bovine viral diarrhea virus vaccine or to differentiate between vaccinated and infected or unvaccinated animals.
Abstract:
The present invention provides safe vaccines and methods of preparing such vaccines. The vaccines of the present invention contain at least two live mutant viruses of the same family or nucleic acid molecules encoding such viruses, wherein each of the two viruses or the encoding nucleic acids contains a mutation that confers a desirable phenotype and the mutations in the viruses reside in the same genomic site such that the mutant viruses cannot recombine with each other to eliminate the mutations.
Abstract:
The present invention provides safe vaccines and methods of preparing such vaccines. The vaccines of the present invention contain at least two live mutant viruses of the same family or nucleic acid molecules encoding such viruses, wherein each of the two viruses or the encoding nucleic adds contains a mutation that confers a desirable phenotype and the mutations in the viruses reside in the same genomic site such that the mutant viruses cannot recombine with each other to eliminate the mutations.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a bovine viral diarrhea virus comprising at least one helicase domain amino acid mutation wherein the mutation in the NS3 domain results in a loss of recognition by a monoclonal antibody raised against wild-type NS3 but wherein viral RNA replication and the generation of infectious virus is retained. The present invention is useful, for example, to produce a marked bovine viral diarrhea virus vaccine or to differentiate between vaccinated and infected or unvaccinated animals.
Abstract:
The present invention provides safe vaccines and methods of preparing such vaccines. The vaccines of the present invention contain at least two live mutant viruses of the same family or nucleic acid molecules encoding such viruses, wherein each of the two viruses or the encoding nucleic acids contains a mutation that confers a desirable phenotype and the mutations in the viruses reside in the same genomic site such that the mutant viruses cannot recombine with each other to eliminate the mutations.
Abstract:
The present invention provides genetically engineered type I/type II hybrid BVDV viruses. The hybrid viruses, as well as the hybrid viral genome, can be used in immunogenic compositions and vaccines for protecting cattle from BVDV infection.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method of producing attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by mutating the Npro protease gene. The invention includes the attenuated viruses made by this method, antibodies generated using these viruses, and vaccines that can be used for immunizing cattle.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method of producing attenuated forms of bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) virus by mutating the Npro protease gene. The invention includes the attenuated viruses made by the method, antibodies generated using these viruses, and vaccines that can be used for immunizing cattle.
Abstract:
The present invention provides safe vaccines and methods of preparing such vaccines. The vaccines of the present invention contain at least two live mutant viruses of the same family or nucleic acid molecules encoding such viruses, wherein each of the two viruses or the encoding nucleic adds contains a mutation that confers a desirable phenotype and the mutations in the viruses reside in the same genomic site such that the mutant viruses cannot recombine with each other to eliminate the mutations.