title: Immunogenicity of a recombinant MVA and a DNA vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus in swine.
abstract: We previously reported that mice immunized with recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) encoding Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) prM and E genes were completely protected against JEV challenge (Nam, J.H., Wyatt, L.S., Chae, S.L., Cho, H.W., Park, Y.K., Moss, B. Vaccine 1999,17: 261-268). In this study, we examined the immunogenicity in swine of this recombinant MVA (vJH9) or a DNA vaccine (pcJH-1) expressing the same JEV genes. Although the booster effect in mice with a combination of vJH9, pcJH-1 and inactivated JEV commercial vaccine was not apparent by measuring JEV antibodies, the recombinant MVA vaccine (vJH9) and the DNA vaccine (pcJH-l) efficiently produced neutralizing antibodies in swine and 2 doses of each showed a booster effect in mice and swine. Therefore, both vJH9 and pcJH-1 are good candidates for a second generation JEV vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Korean National Institute of Health, Eunpyung-Gu, Seoul.
authors.forename: Jae-Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Soo-Lim
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Hae-Wol
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D004672:Encephalitis, Japanese / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D007117:Immunization, Secondary; D022321:Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013552:Swine; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D022321:Japanese Encephalitis Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins