Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2011
Abstract
The potential for smallpox to be disseminated in a bioterror attack has prompted development of new, safer smallpox vaccination strategies. We designed and evaluated immunogenicity and efficacy of a T-cell epitope vaccine based on conserved and antigenic vaccinia/variola sequences, identified using bioinformatics and immunological methods. Vaccination in HLA transgenic mice using a DNA-prime/peptide-boost strategy elicited significant T cell responses to multiple epitopes. No antibody response pre-challenge was observed, neither against whole vaccinia antigens nor vaccine epitope peptides. Remarkably, 100% of vaccinated mice survived lethal vaccinia challenge, demonstrating that protective immunity to vaccinia does not require B cell priming.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Moise, L., Buller, R. M., Schriewer, J., Lee, J., Frey, S. E., Weiner, D. B., Martin, W., & De Groot, A. S. (2011). VennVax, a DNA-prime, peptide-boost multi-T-cell epitope poxvirus vaccine, induces protective immunity against vaccinia infection by T cell response alone. Vaccine, 29(3), 501-511. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.064
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.10.064
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