Patent ID: 7033751

Claim:
An isolated peptide wherein the peptide is (1) a fusion protein of glutathione S-transferase and an antigenic fragment of HTLV-I gp21, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; the peptide is (2) a fusion protein of thioredoxin and an antigenic fragment of HTLV-I gp21, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; the peptide is (3) a fusion protein of glutathione S-transferase and an antigenic fragment of HTLV-II gp21, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; or the peptide is (4) a fusion protein of thioredoxin and an antigenic fragment of HTLV-II gp21, having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8.