Abstract
Recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) from a novel H1N1 influenza strain was produced using an alphavirus replicon expression system. The recombinant HA vaccine was produced more rapidly than traditional vaccines, and was evaluated as a swine vaccine candidate at different doses in a challenge model utilizing the homologous influenza A/California/04/2009 (H1N1) strain. Vaccinated animals showed significantly higher specific antibody response, reduced lung lesions and viral shedding, and higher average daily gain when compared to non-vaccinated control animals. These data demonstrate that the swine vaccine candidate was efficacious at all of the evaluated doses.
Original language | English |
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Article number | ecurrents.RRN1123 |
Journal | PLoS Currents |
Issue number | OCT |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)