A Computationally Optimized Hemagglutinin Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Elicits Broadly Reactive Antibodies that Protect Nonhuman Primates from H5N1 Infection
Author(s) -
Brendan M. Giles,
Corey J. Crevar,
Donald M. Carter,
Stephanie J. Bissel,
Stacey SchultzCherry,
Clayton A. Wiley,
Ted M. Ross
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jis232
Subject(s) - influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , biology , virology , hemagglutinin (influenza) , clade , hemagglutination assay , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , titer , gene , phylogenetics , genetics
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses continue to spread via waterfowl, causing lethal infections in humans. Vaccines can prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with pandemic influenza isolates. Predicting the specific isolate that may emerge from the 10 different H5N1 clades is a tremendous challenge for vaccine design.
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