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Published Online: 29 January 2009

A Live Attenuated West Nile Virus Strain as a Potential Veterinary Vaccine

Publication: Viral Immunology
Volume 13, Issue Number 4

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This article reviews the development of two attenuated West Nile virus (WNV) variants, WNI-25 and WNI-25A. These variants have lost the neuroinvasion trait of the parental virus. Attenuation was achieved through serial passages in mosquito cells and neutralization escape from WNV-specific monoclonal antibody. Genetic analysis reveals amino acid changes between the parental and each of the variants. The attenuated variants preserve the ability to replicate in mice and geese and to induce a protective immune response. WNI-25A was found to be a genetically stable virus. This variant was successfully used as a live vaccine to protect geese against a wild-type virulent WNV field isolate that closely resembles the WNV isolated during the 1999 New York epidemic.

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cover image Viral Immunology
Viral Immunology
Volume 13Issue Number 4DECEMBER 2000
Pages: 401 - 410
PubMed: 11192286

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Published online: 29 January 2009
Published in print: DECEMBER 2000

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