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VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 3-4, Pages 177-189Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(01)00389-0
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pig; interferon-gamma; classical swine fever virus; ELISPOT; cellular immunity
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The level of antigen-specific interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production can be used as an indicator of cellular immunity. In this study, we investigated the role of cellular immune response in protection against classical swine fever virus (CSFV). Pigs were vaccinated once with CSFV vaccine and challenged 6 days post-vaccination (dpv). Vaccinated animals had significantly higher CSFV-specific IFN-gamma secreting cells than the unvaccinated pigs (p < 0.05) at the time of challenge and were protected against CSFV infection, whereas the control pigs died within 14 days post-infection (dpi). In the second experiment, pigs were vaccinated once with either CSFV vaccine or CSFV vaccine combined with Aujeszky's disease (AD) vaccine and challenged at 140 dpv. All vaccinated pigs developed both CSFV-specific, cellular and antibody responses and were protected against CSFV infection. However, differences in cellular, but not antibody, responses were observed in the two vaccinated groups. The group vaccinated with CSFV vaccine developed a significantly higher number of CSFV-specific, IFN-gamma secreting cells (p < 0.05), exhibited a shorter fever period and less pathological changes, when compared with the group vaccinated with the combined vaccine. The kinetics of IFN-gamma production, following challenge in the two vaccinated groups, were also different. Taken, together, our results indicated that CSFV-specific, IFN-gamma production could be detected early after antigen exposure and correlated with protection against CSFV challenge. Our findings, highlight the role of cellular immune responses in porcine anti-viral immunity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights, reserved.
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