Claims
- 1. A recombinant poxvirus containing therein exogenous DNA from HCMV coding for an HCMV protein selected from the group consisting of gB, gH and combinations thereof, wherein the poxvirus is selected from the group consisting of:
- (i) recombinant vaccinia virus wherein regions C7L-K1L, J2R, B13R+B14R, A26L A56R and I4L have been deleted therefrom, or wherein the open reading frames for the thymidine kinase gene, the hemorrhagic region, the A type inclusion body region, the hemagglutinin gene, the host range gene region, and the large subunit, ribonucleotide reductase have been deleted therefrom;
- (ii) NYVAC vaccinia virus; and
- (iii) ALVAC canarypox virus.
- 2. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 wherein J2R, B13R+B14R, A26L, A56R, C7L-K1L and 14L are deleted from the virus.
- 3. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 wherein a thymidine kinase gene, a hemorrhagic region, an A type inclusion body region, a hemagglutinin gene, a host range region, and a large subunit, ribonucleotide reductase are deleted from the virus.
- 4. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 which is a NYVAC recombinant virus.
- 5. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 which is an ALVAC recombinant virus.
- 6. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 which is vCP233, vP1360, ALVAC-CMV6, ALVAC-CMV5, vCP236 or vCP139.
- 7. The recombinant poxvirus of claim 1 which is vP1173, vP1183, vP1312, vP1302B, vP1399, or vP1001.
- 8. A method for treating a patient in need of immunological treatment or of inducing an immunological response in an individual or animal comprising administering to said patient or individual or animal a composition comprising a virus as claimed in any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in admixture with a suitable carrier.
- 9. A composition for inducing an immunological response comprising a virus as claimed in any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in admixture with a suitable carrier.
- 10. A method for expressing a gene product in a cell cultured in vitro comprising introducing into the cell a virus as claimed in any one of claims 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 in admixture with a suitable carrier.
- 11. The method of claim 8 further comprising administering an HCMV antigen either before or after administering the composition.
- 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the antigen is from the in vitro expression of a recombinant avipox virus or vaccinia virus.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/471,014, filed Jun. 6, 1995, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/105,483, filed Aug. 13, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,494,807, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/847,951, filed Mar. 6, 1992, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/713,967, filed Jun. 11, 1991, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/666,056, filed Mar. 7, 1991, now abandoned. This application is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/124,668, filed Sep. 21, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,482,713 as a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/502,834, filed Apr. 4, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,338,683; application Ser. No. 07/502,834 was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/394,488, filed Aug. 16, 1989, now abandoned, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/339,004, filed Apr. 17, 1989, now abandoned; and, a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/090,209, filed Aug. 27, 1987, now abandoned, which was a division of application Ser. No. 06/622,135, filed Jun. 19, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,722,848, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 06/446,824, filed Dec. 8, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,603,112, which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 06/334,456, filed Dec. 24, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,769,330. Each of the aforementioned and above-referenced applications and patents are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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