| Autor: |
Philip J. Kuehl, Stephanie N. Langel, Sean N. Tucker, Nadine Peinovich, Clarissa I Martinez, Adam Werts, Emery G. Dora, Susan D. Johnson, Hammad Irshad, Sarah N Tedjakusuma, Edward G. Barrett |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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| Popis: |
Transmission-blocking strategies that slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and protect against COVID-19 are needed. We have developed a shelf-stable, orally-delivered Ad5-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate that expresses the spike protein. Here we demonstrated that oral and intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of this candidate protected against disease in index hamsters, and decreased aerosol transmission to unvaccinated, naïve hamsters. We confirmed that mucosally-vaccinated hamsters had robust antibody responses. We then induced a post-vaccination infection by inoculating vaccinated index hamsters with SARS-CoV-2. Oral and IN-vaccinated hamsters had decreased viral RNA and infectious virus in the nose and lungs and experienced less lung pathology compared to mock-vaccinated hamsters post challenge. Naive hamsters exposed in a unidirectional air flow chamber to mucosally-vaccinated, SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters had lower nasal swab viral RNA and exhibited less clinical symptoms of disease than control animals. Our data demonstrate that oral immunization is a viable strategy to decrease SARS-CoV-2 disease and aerosol transmission. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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