Cross-Protective Capacity of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) Vaccines Against Circulating Heterologous JE Virus Genotypes
Author(s) -
Elina Erra,
Helena Hervius Askling,
Sutee Yoksan,
Lars Rombo,
Jukka Riutta,
Sirkka Vene,
Lars Lindquist,
Olli Vapalahti,
Anu Kantele
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis883
Subject(s) - heterologous , virology , genotype , japanese encephalitis , virus , encephalitis , antibody , biology , medicine , immunology , gene , genetics
Current Japanese encephalitis vaccines are derived from strains of genotype III, yet heterologous genotypes are emerging in endemic areas. Inactivated vaccines given to European travelers were found to elicit protective levels of neutralizing antibodies against heterologous strains of genotypes I-IV.
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