Anti-paramyxovirus screening method and vaccine

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving virus or bacteriophage

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ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for detecting whether a test composition can inhibit cell fusion mediated by paramyxovirus infection. A method is also provided for identifying an antiviral peptide capable of inhibiting paramyxovirus-induced cell fusion. The methods are based on the discovery that the hemagglutination and fusion-inducing proteins of paramyxoviruses interact to form a complex termed HN:F, that is prerequisite to cell fusion. Antibodies to HN:F provide a novel means of providing improved immunity against paramyxovirus infection.

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