Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector vaccines for WHO blueprint priority pathogens

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Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector vaccines for WHO blueprint priority pathogens. / Fathi, Anahita; Dahlke, Christine; Addo, Marylyn M.

In: HUM VACC IMMUNOTHER, Vol. 15, No. 10, 2019, p. 2269-2285.

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title = "Recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector vaccines for WHO blueprint priority pathogens",
abstract = "The devastating Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa in 2013-2016 has flagged the need for the timely development of vaccines for high-threat pathogens. To be better prepared for new epidemics, the WHO has compiled a list of priority pathogens that are likely to cause future outbreaks and for which R&D efforts are, therefore, paramount (R&D Blueprint: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/ ). To this end, the detailed characterization of vaccine platforms is needed. The vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has been established as a robust vaccine vector backbone for infectious diseases for well over a decade. The recent clinical trials testing the vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV against EBOV disease now have added a substantial amount of clinical data and suggest VSV to be an ideal vaccine vector candidate for outbreak pathogens. In this review, we discuss insights gained from the clinical VSV-EBOV vaccine trials as well as from animal studies investigating vaccine candidates for Blueprint pathogens.",
keywords = "Clinical Trials as Topic, Communicable Diseases, Emerging/prevention & control, Ebola Vaccines/immunology, Genetic Vectors, Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/prevention & control, Humans, Vaccines, Attenuated, Vesiculovirus, Viral Proteins/immunology, Viral Vaccines/immunology, Virus Diseases/prevention & control, World Health Organization",
author = "Anahita Fathi and Christine Dahlke and Addo, {Marylyn M}",
note = "Letter",
year = "2019",
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language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "2269--2285",
journal = "HUM VACC IMMUNOTHER",
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publisher = "LANDES BIOSCIENCE",
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AU - Fathi, Anahita

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AU - Addo, Marylyn M

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N2 - The devastating Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa in 2013-2016 has flagged the need for the timely development of vaccines for high-threat pathogens. To be better prepared for new epidemics, the WHO has compiled a list of priority pathogens that are likely to cause future outbreaks and for which R&D efforts are, therefore, paramount (R&D Blueprint: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/ ). To this end, the detailed characterization of vaccine platforms is needed. The vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has been established as a robust vaccine vector backbone for infectious diseases for well over a decade. The recent clinical trials testing the vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV against EBOV disease now have added a substantial amount of clinical data and suggest VSV to be an ideal vaccine vector candidate for outbreak pathogens. In this review, we discuss insights gained from the clinical VSV-EBOV vaccine trials as well as from animal studies investigating vaccine candidates for Blueprint pathogens.

AB - The devastating Ebola virus (EBOV) outbreak in West Africa in 2013-2016 has flagged the need for the timely development of vaccines for high-threat pathogens. To be better prepared for new epidemics, the WHO has compiled a list of priority pathogens that are likely to cause future outbreaks and for which R&D efforts are, therefore, paramount (R&D Blueprint: https://www.who.int/blueprint/priority-diseases/en/ ). To this end, the detailed characterization of vaccine platforms is needed. The vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) has been established as a robust vaccine vector backbone for infectious diseases for well over a decade. The recent clinical trials testing the vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV against EBOV disease now have added a substantial amount of clinical data and suggest VSV to be an ideal vaccine vector candidate for outbreak pathogens. In this review, we discuss insights gained from the clinical VSV-EBOV vaccine trials as well as from animal studies investigating vaccine candidates for Blueprint pathogens.

KW - Clinical Trials as Topic

KW - Communicable Diseases, Emerging/prevention & control

KW - Ebola Vaccines/immunology

KW - Genetic Vectors

KW - Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/prevention & control

KW - Humans

KW - Vaccines, Attenuated

KW - Vesiculovirus

KW - Viral Proteins/immunology

KW - Viral Vaccines/immunology

KW - Virus Diseases/prevention & control

KW - World Health Organization

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DO - 10.1080/21645515.2019.1649532

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JO - HUM VACC IMMUNOTHER

JF - HUM VACC IMMUNOTHER

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