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DNA vaccines encoding proteins from wild-type and attenuated canine distemper virus protect equally well against wild-type virus challenge
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Nielsen, Line Jensen, Trine Hammer Kristensen, Birte Jensen, Tove Dannemann Karlskov-Mortensen, Peter Lund, Morten Enemark Aasted, Bent Blixenkrone-Møller, Merete |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | Immunity induced by DNA vaccines containing the hemagglutinin (H) and nucleoprotein (N) genes of wild-type and attenuated canine distemper virus (CDV) was investigated in mink (Mustela vison), a highly susceptible natural host of CDV. All DNA-immunized mink seroconverted, and significant levels of virus-neutralizing (VN) antibodies were present on the day of challenge with wild-type CDV. The DNA vaccines also primed the cell-mediated memory responses, as indicated by an early increase in the number of interferon-gamma (IFN-γ)-producing lymphocytes after challenge. Importantly, the wild-type and attenuated CDV DNA vaccines had a long-term protective effect against wild-type CDV challenge. The vaccine-induced immunity induced by the H and N genes from wild-type CDV and those from attenuated CDV was comparable. Because these two DNA vaccines were shown to protect equally well against wild-type virus challenge, it is suggested that the genetic/antigenic heterogeneity between vaccine strains and contemporary wild-type strains are unlikely to cause vaccine failure. |
| Starting Page | 1887 |
| Ending Page | 1896 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00705-012-1375-y |
| PubMed reference number | 22714870 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 157 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://vbn.aau.dk/files/72964445/Nielsen_et_al_2012.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-012-1375-y |
| Journal | Archives of Virology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |