Patents Assigned to ViroNovative
  • Virus causing respiratory tract illness in susceptible mammals
    Patent number: 8715922
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of virology. The invention provides an isolated essentially mammalian negative-sense single stranded RNA virus (MPV) within the subfamily Pneumovirinae of the family Paramyxoviridae and identifiable as phylogenetically corresponding to the genus Metapneumovirus and components thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: ViroNovative
    Inventors: Jan Cornelius De Jong, Ronaldus Adrianus Maria Fouchier, Bernadetta Gerarda Van Den Hoogen, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Jan Groen