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View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a fish vaccine. More specifically the invention relates to a vaccine to protect salmon against infection by Piscirickettsia salmonis . The invention is based on or derived from the nucleic acid or amino acid sequence of antigens from Piscirickettsia salmonis . Nucleic acid and/or amino acid sequences may be used in the preparation of a vaccine to protect against infection by Piscirickettsia salmonis.
1. An isolated polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 34.
2. A pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 34 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent.
3. A diagnostic kit for detecting Piscirickettsia salmonis in a sample comprising a suitable detection means and the polypeptide of claim 1 .