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(12) PATENT APPLICATION PUBLICATION (21) Application No.2067/CHE/2011 A
(19) INDIA
(22) Date of filing of Application :17/06/2011 (43) Publication Date : 21/06/2013
(54) Title of the invention : VACCINE COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
(51) International classification :C07K
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(71)Name of Applicant :
1)BHARAT BIOTECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Address of Applicant :GENOME VALLEY,
TURKAPALLY SHAMEERPET, HYDERABAD 500 078
Andhra Pradesh India
(72)Name of Inventor :
1)ELLA KRISHNA MURTHY
2)SUMATHY KNADASWAMY
(57) Abstract :
A vaccine composition for prophylaxis and treatment of Chikungunya virus infections is disclosed which is capable of conferring
immunity against any genotypic variants of the Chikungunya virus. More particularly the invention discloses particular nucleotide
sequences and their translated proteins thereof, which may be expressed as Virus Like Paricles which for use as a vaccine antigens
against Chikungunya virus infections. The compositions disclosed in this invention are also protective against any genotypic
variants of the Chikungunya virus which may be propagated by any suitable vector of the disease including Aedis albopictus and
Aedis aegypti.
No. of Pages : 119 No. of Claims : 12
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