Journal
VACCINE
Volume 31, Issue 43, Pages 4988-4994Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.08.003
Keywords
Rift Valley fever; RVF MP-12-NSm deletion vaccine; arMP-12 Delta NSm21/384; Calves
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- US Department of Homeland Security through the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD Center) [2010-ST-061-AG0002]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [NIH-NIAID-DMID-02-24]
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The safety and immunogenicity of an authentic recombinant Car) of the live, attenuated MP-12 Rift Valley fever (RVF) vaccine virus with a large deletion of the NSm gene in the pre-Gn region of the M RNA segment (arMP-12 Delta NSm21/384) was tested in 4-6 month old Bos taurus calves. Phase! of this study evaluated the neutralizing antibody response, measured by 80% plaque reduction neutralization (PRNT80), and clinical response of calves to doses of 1 x 10(1) through 1 x 10(7) plaque forming units (PFU) administered subcutaneously (s.c.). Phase II evaluated the clinical and neutralizing antibody response of calves inoculated s.c. or intramuscularly (i.m.) with 1 x 10(3), 1 x 10(4) or 1 x 10(5) PFU of arMP-12 Delta NSm21/384. No significant adverse clinical events were observed in the animals in these studies. Of all specimens tested, only one vaccine viral isolate was recovered and that virus retained the introduced deletion. In the Phase I study, there was no statistically significant difference in the PRNT80 response between the dosage groups though the difference in IgG response between the 1 x 10(1) PFU group and the 1 x 10(5) PFU group was statistically significant (p < 0.05). The PRNT80 response of the respective dosage groups corresponded to dose of vaccine with the 1 x 10(1) PFU dose group showing the least response. The Phase II study also showed no statistically significant difference in PRNT80 response between the dosage groups though the difference in RVFV-specific IgG values was significantly increased (p < 0.001) in animals inoculated i.m. with 1 x 10(4) or 1 x 10(5) PFU versus those inoculated s.c. with 1 x 10(3) or 1 x 10(5) PFU. Although the study groups were small, these data suggest that 1 x 10(4) or 1 x 10(5) PFU of arMP-12 Delta NSm21/384 administered i.m. to calves will consistently stimulate a presumably protective PRNT80 response for at least 91 days post inoculation. Further studies of arMP-12 Delta NSm21/384 are warranted to explore its suitability as an efficacious livestock vaccine. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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