Claims
- 1. A method of inducing an immune response in a mammal against papillomavirus comprising:
- administering papillomavirus virus-like particles orally to a mammal in an amount sufficient to induce an immune response to the papillomavirus.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 firther comprising:
- administering one or more vaccine booster inoculations of papillomavirus virus-like particles orally to the mammal.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the papillomavirus is a human papillomavirus.
- 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the human papillomavirus is Human Papillomavirus Type 6.
- 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the human papillomavirus is Human Papillomavirus Type 11.
- 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the papillomavirus virus-like particles are administered with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/207,309, filed Mar. 7, 1994, now pending, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/028,517, filed Mar. 9, 1993, now pending.
Government Interests
The United States Government may have certain rights in this invention pursuant to Public Health Service awards AI-82509, AI-35159 and CA-11198 from the National Institutes of Health.
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