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Safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of poxvirus-based vector vaccines expressing the haemagglutinin gene of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus in pigs.

Abstract
This study investigates the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of different pox-vector vaccines expressing the haemagglutinin of a highly pathogenic (HP) H5N1 avian influenza virus (AIV) (A/chicken/Indonesia/7/03) in pigs. Pigs were vaccinated twice, with a 4-week interval, with a fowlpox (TROVAC), a canarypox (ALVAC), or a vaccinia (NYVAC) vector vaccine combined with an oil-in-water adjuvant, with the unadjuvanted NYVAC, or left unvaccinated. Six weeks after the second vaccination, all pigs were challenged intra-tracheally with low pathogenic (LP) H5N2 AIV A/chicken/Belgium/150/99. Sera were examined in haemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests against the H5N1 AIV from which the vaccine haemagglutinin derived, the challenge virus and the human A/Vietnam/1194/04 HPAIV. After challenge pigs were compared for H5N2 virus replication in the trachea and 4 lung lobes at 24 or 72h post-challenge. Vaccination was well tolerated by all animals. Antibody titres peaked 2 weeks after the second vaccination and were 2- to 4-fold higher against the vaccine virus than heterologous H5 viruses. The NYVAC and ALVAC adjuvanted vaccines consistently induced higher antibody titres than TROVAC or NYVAC without adjuvant. Following challenge, the H5N2 challenge virus was isolated from all unvaccinated pigs, while 19 out of 21 vaccinates showed complete virological protection. Pox-vector vaccines were safe, immunogenic and efficacious against challenge with a heterologous H5 AIV, offering an alternative to classical inactivated vaccines. It remains to be seen whether they would protect against a swine-adapted H5 virus, which may replicate 100-1000 times better than our challenge virus.
AuthorsConstantinos S Kyriakis, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Filip Barbé, Michel Bublot, Kristien Van Reeth
JournalVaccine (Vaccine) Vol. 27 Issue 16 Pg. 2258-64 (Apr 06 2009) ISSN: 0264-410X [Print] Netherlands
PMID19428840 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
  • Influenza Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral (blood)
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
  • Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus (genetics, immunology)
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype (immunology)
  • Influenza A Virus, H5N2 Subtype (immunology)
  • Influenza Vaccines (adverse effects, immunology)
  • Poxviridae (genetics)
  • Swine
  • Vaccination
  • Vaccines, Synthetic (adverse effects, immunology)

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