Compositions and methods of enhancing immune responses to Eimeria or limiting Eimeria infection

Inventors

John Barta
Luc Berghman
Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Olivia B. Faulkner, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Lisa R. Bielke, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Billy M. Hargis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

10-6-2020

Abstract

Vaccine vectors and methods of using the vaccine vectors to enhance the immune response to an Apicomplexan parasite and reduce the morbidity or mortality associated with subsequent infection are provided herein. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a Rhomboid polypeptide and optionally include an immune-stimulatory polypeptide suitably expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector.

Department

Poultry Science

Patent Number

US10792351

Application Number

US 20190298815 A1

Application Published

10-3-2019

Application Filed

6-12-2019

Assignee

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas (Little Rock, AR); Texas A&M University System (College Station, TX)

Comments

Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Olivia B. Faulkner, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Lisa R. Bielke, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Billy M. Hargis, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Citation

Barta, J., Berghman, L., Shivaramaiah, S., Faulkner, O. B., Bielke, L. R., & Hargis, B. M. (2020). Compositions and methods of enhancing immune responses to Eimeria or limiting Eimeria infection. Patents Granted. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/pat/391