Journal
VACCINE
Volume 26, Issue 33, Pages 4262-4266Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.05.068
Keywords
anthrax; vaccine; AVA; passive protection
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- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Defense Science Office, Arlington, VA
- Military Vaccine Agency
- U.S. Army Medical Command [02-0-VP-006]
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Samples of human plasma from anthrax vaccine adsorbed (AVA, EioThrax (TM))-vaccinated individuals were used to demonstrate passive protection of A/J mice from a lethal challenge with the Sterne strain of anthrax bacteria. The maximum concentration of human anti-protective antigen IgG in mouse sera 24 h after injection of 260 mu g of anti-PA IgG-was 134 mu g/ml, declining to 91 mu g/ml at 72 h (half-life = 101.7 h). Mice showed significant survival (p <= 0.001) after injection of serial dilutions up to 1:4 of the standard plasma and challenged with 100 LD50. Similarly, mice injected with the standard anti-AVA plasma and challenged up to 5 days post-treatment also survived (p <= 0.001). Using a Cohort of human plasma to measure passive protection, the best correlation between passive protection and an in vitro assay was found to be with the quantitative toxin neutralization assay (minimum fold increase in odds of survival: 2.71, p = 0.0062). These results demonstrate a reliable in vivo neutralization method that Correlates with standard in vitro measures of neutralizing antibody levels in plasma from individuals vaccinated with the standard anthrax vaccine. This analytical method may provide additional Opportunities to compare the efficacy of improved anthrax vaccines with the licensed vaccine. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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