NEUROVIRULENT STRAIN OF THE WEST NILE VIRUS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

• Main Authors: COULIBALY, FASSELI, COURAGEOT, MARIE-PIERRE, WEBER, PATRICK, DESPRES, PHILIPPE, MALKINSON, MERTYN, BANET, CAROLINE, DEUBEL, VINCENT, CATTEAU, ADELINE, CECCALDI, PIERRE-EMMANUEL, FRENKIEL, MARIE-PASCALE, GUENET, JEAN-LOUIS, FLAMAND, MARIE, DROUET, MARIE-THERESE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.04.2009
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention relates to a neuroinvasive and neurovirulent strain of the West Nile virus, known as IS-98-ST1, nucleic acid molecules originating from the genome thereof, proteins and peptides coded by said nucleic acid molecules. The invention also relates to the applications of same.