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Immunization of monkeys with varicella‐zoster virus glycoprotein antigens and their response to challenge with simian varicella virus
Author(s) -
Soike Kenneth F.,
Keller Paul M.,
Ellis Ronald W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.1890220403
Subject(s) - virology , immunogenicity , virus , antigen , varicella vaccine , immunization , varicella zoster virus , antibody , glycoprotein , biology , medicine , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology
African green monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) were immunized with three intramuscular injections of gpI, gpII, or gpIII glycoprotein antigens of varicella‐zoster virus (VZV). Antibody responses to VZV were determined by enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELSA) and to simian varicella virus (SVV) by immunofluorescence and by serum neutralization assays. Two weeks following the third immunization with VZV glycoproteins, the monkeys were challenged by inoculation of SVV. Antibodies to gpII or gpIII partially prevented infection by SVV, while the presence of antibodies to gpI was ineffective in preventing disease induced by SVV challenge. Factors affecting the immuogenicity of these antigens in this model are discussed.