  In scientific literature, there are many programs that predict linear B-cell
epitopes from a protein sequence. Each program generates multiple B-cell
epitopes that can be individually studied. This paper defines a function called
<C> that combines results from five different prediction programs concerning
the linear B-cell epitopes (ie., BebiPred, EPMLR, BCPred, ABCPred and Emini
Prediction) for selecting the best B-cell epitopes. We obtained 17 potential
linear B cells consensus epitopes from Glycoprotein E from serotype IV of the
dengue virus for exploring new possibilities in vaccine development. The direct
implication of the results obtained is to open the way to experimentally
validate more epitopes to increase the efficiency of the available treatments
against dengue and to explore the methodology in other diseases.
