Patent ID: 6254875
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of immunizing a subject against infection by H. influenzae, which comprises administering to the subject a vaccine comprising a protein which protein is an isolated outer membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae or an immunogenic fragment thereof, and comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2, an immunogenic fragment of said sequence, a sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2 and having an immunogenic epitope of SEQ ID NO:2, or an immunogenic fragment of a sequence at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO. 2 and wherein said fragment has an immunogenic epitope of SEQ ID NO:2.