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ArticlePloS one2020

Vaccination of yearling horses against poly-N-acetyl glucosamine fails to protect against infection with Streptococcus equi subspecies equi.

Noah D Cohen, Colette Cywes-Bentley, Susanne M Kahn, Angela I Bordin, Jocelyne M Bray, S Garrett Wehmeyer, Gerald B Pier

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Noah D CohenEquine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0384-2903
Colette Cywes-BentleyHarvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Susanne M KahnEquine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.
Angela I BordinEquine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-7678-3908
Jocelyne M BrayEquine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.
S Garrett WehmeyerEquine Infectious Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America.
Gerald B PierHarvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-9112-2331
Texas A&M University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Strangles is a common disease of horses with worldwide distribution caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (SEE). Although vaccines against strangles are available commercially, these products have limitations in safety and efficacy. The microbial surface antigen β 1→6 poly-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG) is expressed by SEE. Here we show that intramuscular (IM) injection alone or a combination of IM plus intranasal (IN) immunization generated antibodies to PNAG that functioned to deposit complement and mediate opsonophagocytic killing of SEE ex vivo. However, immunization strategies targeting PNAG either by either IM only injection or a combination of IM and IN immunizations failed to protect yearling horses against infection following contact with infected horses in an experimental setting. We speculate that a protective vaccine against strangles will require additional components, such as those targeting SEE enzymes that degrade or inactivate equine IgG.

Indexed as

AcetylglucosamineAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialFemaleHorse DiseasesHorsesImmunizationInjections, IntramuscularMaleStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus equiVaccinationAcetylglucosamineAntibodies, Bacterialpoly-N-acetyl glucosamine

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PMID33057397
PMCPMC7561144
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