CONSERVED B CELL EPITOPES OF FILOVIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN AND THEIR USE AS EITHER BIOMARKERS OR THERAPEUTICS AND SUB-UNIT VACCINES FOR EBOLA VIRUS AND MARBURG VIRUS

摘要

A synthetic peptide includes an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to a reference sequence selected from the group consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, and SEQ ID NO: 3; and no greater than 15 amino acid residues on either side of the amino acid sequence.