HYBRID PROTEIN COMPRISING T-HELPER CELL STIMULATING EPITOPES AND B-CELL EPITOPES FROM THE MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND ITS USE AS A VACCINE - Patent 0846176

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EP 0 846 176 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.06.1998 Bulletin 1998/24

(21)	Application number: 96926290.0

(22)	Date of filing: 08.08.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C07K 14/ 295^{( . )}
A61K 38/ 00^{( . )}

G01N 33/ 571^{( . )}
A61K 39/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/CA1996/000538

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/006263 (20.02.1997 Gazette 1997/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV SI

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Priority:

09.08.1995 GB 19950016293

(71)	Applicant: Immunova
	Sainte-Foy, Québec G1P 4R1 (CA)

(72)	Inventor:
	VILLENEUVE, Anne Lac St-Charles, Québec G0A 2H0 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Guerre, Dominique
	Cabinet Germain et Maureau, 12, rue Boileau, BP 6153 69466 Lyon Cedex 06 69466 Lyon Cedex 06 (FR)

(54)	HYBRID PROTEIN COMPRISING T-HELPER CELL STIMULATING EPITOPES AND B-CELL EPITOPES FROM THE MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND ITS USE AS A VACCINE