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Granted Patent B2
US 8,440,208 · App. 12/598,075 · Granted May 14, 2013

Chlamydial antigens as reagents for diagnosis and treatment of chlamydial infection and disease

Inventor: Guangming Zhong (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
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Patent No.
US 8,440,208
App. No.
12/598,075
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides Chlamydia proteins and methods of use in diagnostic and detection assays as well as in treatment and immunization protocols.

Claims (4)

1. A method of eliciting an immune response in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated Chlamydia trachomatis CT813 protein (SEQ ID NO:1), thereby eliciting an immune response in the subject.

2. A method of treating chlamydial infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated Chlamydia trachomatis CT813 protein (SEQ ID NO:1), thereby treating chlamydial infection in the subject.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject is a human.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the subject is a human.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Oct 18, 2012
From: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 029151/0126 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2009
From: ZHONG, GUANGMING
To: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Reel/Frame 023612/0173 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60926997 · May 1, 2007
Related Publication 20100119549A1 · May 13, 2010