Abstract
Vaccination is commonly used to control equine respiratory pathogens such as equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) and equine influenza virus (EIV). Here, we describe the generation and characterization of a recombinant EHV-1 modified live virus vaccine (MLV) based on a recent abortogenic EHV-1 strain, NY03. The immunogenicity and efficacy of the MLV was tested in horses in an EHV-1 vaccination/challenge experiment using the highly virulent neurovirulent EHV-1 strain OH03. Induction of a robust EHV-1-specific immune response was observed. Upon challenge infection, vaccinated horses were partially protected against disease as demonstrated by a significant reduction in clinical signs, nasal shedding and viremia levels. In addition, the NY03-based MLV was used to express the EIV H3 protein and immunogenicity was tested in horses. Expression of H3 was readily detected in NY03-H3-infected cells in vitro. Vaccination of horses resulted in the induction of a robust serological immune responses against two recent but genetically distinct EIV representatives, VA05 and NY-99, which were above the threshold predicted to be protective against development of clinical disease. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1048-1055 |
| Journal | Vaccine |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Online published | 6 Nov 2009 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Jan 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Research Keywords
- Abortigenic
- EHV-1
- EIV
- MLV