Inventors:
Omana V. Nainan - Decatur GA
Harold S. Margolis - Lilburn GA
Betty H. Robertson - Chamblee GA
Margo A. Brinton - Atlanta GA
James W. Ebert - Lilburn GA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health
and Human Services - Washington DC
International Classification:
C07H 1700, C12P 2102, C12P 1934, C12N 1500
Abstract:
The present invention relates, in general, to substantially pure preparations of the cynomolgus monkey hepatitis A viral isolates CY-145 and CY-55/JM-55; cDNAs of the genomic RNAs of cynomolgus monkey hepatitis A viral isolates CY-145 and CY-55/JM-55; a method of preventing hepatitis A in an animal; and vaccines comprising the cynomolgus monkey hepatitis A viral isolates CY-145 and CY-55/JM-55.