The present invention is related to the obtaining of chimeric chains
coding for proteins capable of inducing, in the recipient, a
serotype-specific and protective humoral immune response against the
infection by the Dengue virus, thus eliminating the effects of the
serotype-nonespecific viral immunoenhancement that causes hemorrhagies
and clinical complications described for this kind of pathology. These
chimeric chains of nucleic acids are composed by the specific combination
of fragments belonging to the gene of a mutated protein from Neisseria
meningitidis with dehydrogenase activity and fragments that codify for a
region of the envelope (E) protein from the Dengue virus which, when
inserted to an expression vector, give rise to chimeric proteins with
particular properties. The resultant chimeric molecules from this
invention are applicable to the pharmaceutical industry for the obtaining
of vaccine preparations and diagnostic means of high serotype-specificity
to be used in humans.