title: Preparation of an attenuated dengue 4 (341750 Carib) virus vaccine. I. Pre-clinical studies.
abstract: Dengue 4 (DEN-4) virus strain 341750 Carib was modified by serial passage in primary canine kidney (PCK) cell cultures. By the 15th PCK passage, this virus was less infectious for monkeys and resulted in a significantly reduced viremia as compared to the parent DEN-4 virus. The 30th PCK passage of DEN-4 341750 Carib was non-infectious for monkeys. A vaccine prepared at the 20th PCK passage in DBS-FRhL-2 cells stimulated the production of both neutralizing and hemagglutination inhibition antibodies in monkeys; these animals were also protected against challenge with the homologous strain as well as a heterologous strain of DEN-4. An ID50 titration in monkeys resulted in a titer of greater than 10(4) plaque-forming units (PFU) for the vaccine virus and 0.5 PFU for the parent virus. Reduced monkey infectivity of this magnitude has been correlated with human attenuation in previous dengue vaccine candidates. The DEN-4 strain 341750 Carib PCK-20/FRhL-4 vaccine has been characterized and sufficiently tested to be considered for safety and immunogenicity trials in humans.
authors.affiliation: University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Marchette
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Summers
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kraiselburd
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gubler
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Eckels
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D009033:Culicidae; D003715:Dengue / Q000276:immunology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D012692:Serial Passage; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D014766:Viremia / Q000276:immunology; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D014765:Viral Vaccines