RECOMBINANT NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN SUBUNIT VACCINE AGAINST FLAVIVIRAL INFECTION

摘要

The recombinant expression and secretion from eucaryotic host cells, particularly Drosophila cells, of Flavivirus nonstructural (NS) protein, particularly NS1, is useful in combination with Flavivirus truncated envelop e (E) protein to protect a host subject from infection and disease from Flavivirus species. Further, NS1 is useful as a diagnostic of flaviviral infection. Compositions of truncated flaviviral envelope protein and flaviviral nonstructural protein induce high titer virus neutralizing antibodies believed to be important in protection against flaviviral infecti on and which are useful in diagnosis of infection by the virus.