Owner Health Protection Agency

Inventors James, Brian William; Marsh, Philip; Bacon, Joanna

Agent Griffith Hack

Pub. Number AU-B-2002317940

PCT Number PCT/GB02/02845

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/000721

Priority 0115365.9 22.06.01 GB; 0121780.1 07.09.01 GB

Filing date 21 June 2002

Wipo publication date 8 January 2003

Acceptance publication date 20 December 2007

G01N 33/569 (2006.01) Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups - for micro-organisms, e.g. protozoa, bacteria, viruses

A61K 39/04 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies - Mycobacterium, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A61K 39/395 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing antigens or antibodies - Antibodies

A61K 45/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing active ingredients not provided for in groups

A61K 48/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing genetic material which is inserted into cells of the living body to treat genetic diseases

A61P 31/06 (2006.01) Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics

C07K 14/35 (2006.01) Peptides having more than 20 amino acids

C07K 16/12 (2006.01) Immunoglobulins, e.g. monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies - against material from bacteria

C12N 1/21 (2006.01) Micro-organisms, e.g. protozoa - modified by introduction of foreign genetic material

C12N 9/99 (2006.01) Enzymes, e.g. ligases (6.) - Enzyme inactivation by chemical treatment

C12N 15/09 (2006.01) Mutation or genetic engineering - Recombinant DNA-technology

C12Q 1/68 (2006.01) Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-organisms - involving nucleic acids

A61K 38/00 (2006.01) Medicinal preparations containing peptides