Patent ID: 8337857

Claim:
A chimeric polypeptide comprising a subdomain of the E protein of Flaviviridae bound to a subdomain of the membrane M protein of Flaviviridae; wherein said chimeric polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: amino acids 19 to 162 of SEQ ID NO: 3; amino acids 21 to 168 of SEQ ID NO: 6; amino acids 21 to 132 of SEQ ID NO: 12; amino acids 18 to 624 of SEQ ID NO: 20; amino acids 18 to 609 of SEQ ID NO: 21; amino acids 18 to 624 of SEQ ID NO: 22; amino acids 18 to 489 of SEQ ID NO: 23; and amino acids 21 to 474 of SEQ ID NO: 24.