NDLI: Experimental Evaluation of the Protective Efficacy of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) Vaccines Based on European and Far-Eastern TBEV Strains in Mice and in Vitro

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Author	Dmitry I. Osolodkin Liubov L. Chernokhaeva Yulia V. Rogova Liubov I. Kozlovskaya Lidiya I. Romanova Mikhail F. Vorovitch Galina G. Karganova
Abstract	Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), caused by the TBE virus (TBEV), is a serious public health threat in northern Eurasia. Three subtypes of TBEV are distinguished. Inactivated vaccines are available for TBE prophylaxis, and their efficacy to prevent the disease has been demonstrated by years of implication. Nevertheless, rare TBE cases among the vaccinated have been registered. The present study aimed to evaluate the protective efficacy of 4 TBEV vaccines against naturally circulating TBEV variants. For the first time, the protection was evaluated against an extended number of phylogenetically distinct TBEV strains isolated in different years in different territories. The protective effect did not strongly depend on the infectious dose of the challenge virus or the scheme of vaccination. All vaccines induced neutralizing antibodies in protective titers against the TBEV strains used, although the vaccines varied in the spectra of induced antibodies and protective efficacy. The protective efficacy of the vaccines depended on the individual properties of the vaccine strain and the challenge virus, rather than on the subtypes. The neutralization efficiency appeared to be dependent not only on the presence of antibodies to particular epitopes and the amino acid composition of the virion surface but also on the intrinsic properties of the challenge virus E protein structure.
e-ISSN	1664302X
DOI	10.3389/fmicb.2018.01487
Journal	Frontiers in Microbiology
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
Publisher Date	2018-07-01
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Microbiology Tbe Vaccine Antibody Tbev Immune Response E Protein Antigen Determinants
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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