Evaluation of smallpox vaccines using variola neutralization.
The search for a 'third'-generation smallpox vaccine has resulted in the development and characterization of several vaccine candidates. A significant barrier to acceptance is the absence of challenge models showing induction of correlates of protective immunity against variola virus. In this light, virus neutralization provides one of few experimental methods to show specific 'in vitro' activity of vaccines against variola virus. Here, we provide characterization of the ability of a modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccine to induce variola virus-neutralizing antibodies, and we provide comparison with the neutralization elicited by standard Dryvax vaccination.
Damon
Inger K
IK
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Davidson
Whitni B
WB
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Hughes
Christine M
CM
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Olson
Victoria A
VA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Smith
Scott K
SK
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Holman
Robert C
RC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Frey
Sharon E
SE
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, 8th Floor, 1100 S. Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Newman
Frances
F
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, 8th Floor, 1100 S. Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Belshe
Robert B
RB
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Edward A. Doisy Research Center, 8th Floor, 1100 S. Grand Blvd, St Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Yan
Lihan
L
The EMMES Corporation, 401 N. Washington St, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Karem
Kevin
K
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.