Patent ID: 6926899

Claim:
An immunogenic peptide comprising at least six consecutive amino acids from a hydrophilic region of the glycoprotein B (gB) of human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) and reacting in a specific manner with antibodies directed against HHV-7, wherein said inmunogenic peptide consist essentially of the peptide sequence: Leu-Ser-Ser-Ile-Ser-Val Lys-Arg-Ser-Glu-Glu-Glu-Glu-Tyr-Val-Ala-Tyr-His-Lys-Asp-Glu-Tyr-Val-Asn (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a peptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, which is modified by conservative substitution(s) which do not alter the immunological reactivity of said peptide.