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ReviewCurrent opinion in immunology2019

Antigenic cross-reactivity between Zika and dengue viruses: is it time to develop a universal vaccine?

Jinsheng Wen, Sujan Shresta

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Review in Current opinion in immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Dengue Dilemma: Navigating Cross-Reactivity and Immune Challenges.Current topics in microbiology and immunology · 2026
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  6. Identification of Small Molecules as Zika Virus Entry Inhibitors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Human T Cell Responses to Flavivirus Vaccines.European journal of immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jinsheng WenDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Institute of Arboviruses, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315211, China. Electronic address: wjs78@wmu.edu.cn.
Sujan ShrestaDivision of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Institute of Arboviruses, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China. Electronic address: sujan@lji.org.

Funding

IRF-3/5/7-Independent Antiviral ImmunityR01AI116813 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI SHRESTA, SUJAN · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
Vaginal Adaptive Immunity Against Zika VirusR21AI140063 · NIAID · LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY · PI SHRESTA, SUJAN · 2018 to 2019
$495k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116813NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI140063
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zika and the four serotypes of dengue are closely related flaviviruses that share a high degree of structural and sequence homology and co-circulate in many regions of the world. Here, we review recent studies investigating antigenic cross-reactivity between the two viruses. We discuss the pathogenic and protective roles of cross-reactive anti-viral antibody and T cell responses, respectively, in modulating the outcome of secondary dengue or Zika infection. Based on recent findings and increased incidence of severe disease in seronegative recipients of the first dengue vaccine to be licensed, we propose that the time has come to focus on developing pan-flavivirus vaccines that protect against Zika and four dengue serotypes by eliciting protective cross-reactive T cell responses while concomitantly reducing production of cross-reactive antibodies that can exacerbate disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralCross ReactionsDengueDengue VirusFlavivirusHumansImmunity, HumoralLymphocyte ActivationT-LymphocytesViral VaccinesZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralViral Vaccines

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PMID30884384
PMCPMC6745280

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