Oral vaccines for fish

• Publication number:
  WO2006080842
• Description:
  The invention relates to the development, composition and production of mucosal (oral) vaccines for fish. More specifically, the invention relates to protein complexes for the delivery of antigens to and across mucosal surfaces of fish for the induction of an immune response, and to the production of said complexes in a host cell, preferably plants. Provided is the use of a protein complex comprising an antigen of interest fused to the B-subunit of Vibrio cholerae cholera toxin (CT-B), or Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT-B) for the manufacture of an oral fish vaccine. Also provided is fish feed comprising a protein complex of the invention.
• Inventors:
  Florack, Dionisius Elisabeth An (NL); Bosch, Hendrik Jan (NL)
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