Patent ID: 7304139

Claim:
An isolated, recombinant, or purified polypeptide: a) comprising SEQ ID NO: 3; b) consisting of between 16 and 88 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 3; c) comprising a heterologous polypeptide fused, in frame, to a polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 3; d) comprising a heterologous polypeptide fused, in frame, to a polypeptide consisting of at least 16 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 3 or; e) comprising a multimeric construction comprising SEQ ID NO: 3 or a multimeric construction containing a polypeptide fragment of SEQ ID NO: 3 consisting of at least 16 consecutive amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 3; wherein said isolated, recombinant or purified polypeptide elicits an immune response.