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ArticlePloS one2014

A novel vaccine against Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever protects 100% of animals against lethal challenge in a mouse model.

Karen R Buttigieg, Stuart D Dowall, Stephen Findlay-Wilson, Aleksandra Miloszewska, Emma Rayner, Roger Hewson, Miles W Carroll

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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89citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

89 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in pregnancy: A systematic review and case series from Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2017
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  10. Recombinant Vaccine Production: Production of a Recombinant CCHF MVA Vaccine.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karen R ButtigiegMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Stuart D DowallMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Stephen Findlay-WilsonMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Aleksandra MiloszewskaMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Emma RaynerMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Roger HewsonMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Miles W CarrollMicrobiology Services Research, Public Health England, Porton Down, Wiltshire, United Kingdom.
Public Health England · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is a severe tick-borne disease, endemic in many countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. Between 15-70% of reported cases are fatal. There is no approved vaccine available, and preclinical protection in vivo by an experimental vaccine has not been demonstrated previously. In the present study, the attenuated poxvirus vector, Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara, was used to develop a recombinant candidate vaccine expressing the CCHF virus glycoproteins. Cellular and humoral immunogenicity was confirmed in two mouse strains, including type I interferon receptor knockout mice, which are susceptible to CCHF disease. This vaccine protected all recipient animals from lethal disease in a challenge model adapted to represent infection via a tick bite. Histopathology and viral load analysis of protected animals confirmed that they had been exposed to challenge virus, even though they did not exhibit clinical signs. This is the first demonstration of efficacy of a CCHF vaccine.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell LineCricetinaeDisease Models, AnimalDNA, RecombinantFemaleGlycoproteinsHemorrhagic Fever, CrimeanHemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-CongoImmunity, CellularImmunity, HumoralMicePlasmidsReceptor, Interferon alpha-betaReceptors, InterferonViral LoadDNA, RecombinantGlycoproteinsinterferon receptor, type IIReceptor, Interferon alpha-betaReceptors, InterferonViral ProteinsViral Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID24621656
PMCPMC3951450
OpenAlexW2020202215

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