Effect of vaccination with recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara expressing structural and regulatory genes of SIV[submacJ5] on the kinetics of SIV replication in cynomologus monkeys.

Autor: Negri, Donatell R.M., Baroncelli, Silvia, Michelini, Zuleika, Macchia, Iole, Belli, Roberto, Catone, Stefania, Incitti, Fabio, Haaft, Peter Ten, Corrias, Franco, Cranage, Martin P., Polyanskaya, Natasha, Norley, Stephen, Heenay, Jonathan, Verani, Paolo, Titti, Fausto
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Primatology; Aug2001, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p197, 10p
Abstrakt: The efficacy of a multicomponent vaccination with modified vaccinia Ankara constructs (rMVA) expressing structural and regulatory genes of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV[SUBmac251/32H/J5]) was investigated in cynomolgus monkeys, following challenge with a pathogenic SIV. Vaccination with rMVA-J5 performed at week 0, 12, and 24 induced a moderate proliferative response to whole SIV, a detectable humoral response to all but Nef SIV antigens, and failed to induce neutralizing antibodies. Two months after the last boost, the monkeys were challenged intravenously with 50 MID[SUB50] OF SIV[SUBmac251]. All control monkeys, previously inoculated with non-recombinant MVA, were infected by week two and seroconverted by weeks four to eight. In contrast a sharp increase of both humoral and proliferative responses at two weeks post-challenge was observed in vaccinated monkeys were infected, vaccination with rMVA-J5 appeared to partially control viral replication during the acute and late phase of infection as judged by cell- and plasma-associated viral load. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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