WEST NILE VIRUS EPITOPES AND USES THEREOF

摘要

Vaccines containing one or more West Nile Virus (WNV) vaccine candidate peptides in an immunologically acceptable excipient are disclosed. Also provided are recombinant WNV vaccine candidate peptides, wherein the peptide is expressed from a recombinant polynucleotide such as a naked DNA vaccine. Additionally, methods for inducing anti-WNV immune responses in a mammalian subject are also disclosed.