Patent ID: 9308248
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K

Claim Text:
1. A method for eliciting an immune response in a subject against an infection of a species of the genus Chlamydia comprising administering a composition comprising one or more peptides, each of said peptides comprising one or more epitopes selected from the group consisting of a B-cell epitope, a CD4+ Th2 cell epitope, a CD4+ Th1 cell epitope and a CTL epitope; wherein said composition comprises at least a B-cell epitope, a CD4+ Th2 cell epitope, a CD4+ Th1 cell epitope and a CTL epitope, wherein the epitopes are located in the major outer membrane protein (MOMP) of Chlamydia psittaci , wherein the composition does not comprise the full-length Chlamydia MOMP protein, and wherein at least one of the epitopes is located in the CS1-VS1-CS2-VS2-CS3 domain of the MOMP.