Fusion antigen used as vaccine and method of making them. The method
includes: (1) selecting a segment of a virus protein sequence that
contains a least one epitope; (2) engineering a DNA fragment encoding the
selected segment of the virus protein; (3) inserting the DNA fragment
into a Pseudomonas Exotoxin A (PE) vector to obtain a chimeric gene
plasmid, and expressing the chimeric gene plasmid in a host cell to
obtain the chimeric vaccinal virus antigen. The PE vector contains a PE
fragment, which has a binding domain and a translocating domain, and a
carboxyl terminal moiety, which includes an endoplasmic reticulum
retention sequence. The DNA fragment encoding the selected segment of the
virus protein is inserted between the PE fragment and the carboxyl
terminal moiety.