Steven G. Reed,Yasir A.W. Skeiky,Davin C. Dillon,Antonio Campos-Neto,Raymond Houghton,Thomas S. Vedvick,Daniel R. Twardzik,Michael J. Lodes,Ronald C. Hendrickson
申请号:
US11927558
公开号:
US20120171248A1
申请日:
2007.10.29
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
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.