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ArticleExpert review of vaccines2014

Can understanding the virulence mechanisms of RNA viruses lead us to a vaccine against eastern equine encephalitis virus and other alphaviruses?

Derek W Trobaugh, Kate D Ryman, William B Klimstra

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Article in Expert review of vaccines, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Derek W TrobaughCenter for Vaccine Research and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, 8031 BST3, 3501 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Kate D Ryman
William B Klimstra
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

The Burden of Chikungunya and Dengue Infection in KenyaU54AI081680 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI FRUH, KLAUS J · 2009 to 2013
$40.4M
Viral Persistence and PathogenesisT32AI049820 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DELUCA, NEAL A. · 2001 to 2024
$5.5M
Immunology of Infectious DiseaseT32AI060525 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JoAnne L. Flynn · 2005 to 2026
$5.3M
Molecular Mechanisms of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus PathogenesisR01AI095436 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLIMSTRA, WILLIAM B · 2012 to 2022
$4.5M
A Small Animal Model for Viscerotropic Disease to Improve Yellow Fever VaccineR01AI081886 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLIMSTRA, WILLIAM B · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Efficacy of the antiviral state versus Sindbis and Venezuelan equine encephalitisR01AI083383 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLIMSTRA, WILLIAM B · 2010 to 2013
$1.3M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) is a highly neurovirulent mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes severe morbidity and mortality upon human infection. Recent emergence of EEEV into nonendemic regions in the USA and Panama demonstrates the need for the development of an effective EEEV vaccine for licensure for human use. The current EEEV vaccine is available to only at-risk laboratory workers but is poorly immunogenic and requires multiple boosters. In this editorial, we summarize recent developments in understanding alphavirus virulence mechanisms that could be utilized to rationally design a live attenuated vaccine against EEEV or other alphaviruses.

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Alphavirus InfectionsAnimalsBiomedical ResearchDrug DiscoveryHumansRNA VirusesViral VaccinesVirulence FactorsViral VaccinesVirulence FactorsalphavirusEEEVlive attenuated vaccinerational designVEEVvirulence mechanisms

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PMID25073901
PMCPMC4381809
OpenAlexW2041987427

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