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ArticleNature communications2021

A tetravalent live attenuated dengue virus vaccine stimulates balanced immunity to multiple serotypes in humans.

Usha K Nivarthi, Jesica Swanstrom, Matthew J Delacruz, Bhumi Patel, Anna P Durbin, Steve S Whitehead, Beth D Kirkpatrick, Kristen K Pierce, Sean A Diehl, Leah Katzelnick and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02021968 (A Phase 1 Evaluation of the Protective Efficacy of a Single Dose of the Live Attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine TV003 to Protect Against Infection With Attenuated DENV-2, rDEN2∆30-7169), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02021968 phase1completednot on this map

A Phase 1 Evaluation of the Protective Efficacy of a Single Dose of the Live Attenuated Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine TV003 to Protect Against Infection With Attenuated DENV-2, rDEN2∆30-7169

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Ran2013 to 2015Enrolled48ConditionsDengueArmsTetraVax-DV-TV003, rDEN2∆30-7169, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Usha K Nivarthi *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7612-5649
Jesica Swanstrom *Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Matthew J DelacruzDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Bhumi PatelDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Anna P DurbinJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Steve S WhiteheadLaboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6707-482X
Beth D KirkpatrickVaccine Testing Center, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
Kristen K PierceVaccine Testing Center, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.
Sean A DiehlVaccine Testing Center, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9700-235X
Leah KatzelnickLaboratory of infectious Diseases, NIAID, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1033-6758
Ralph S BaricDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. rbaric@email.unc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6827-8701
Aravinda M de SilvaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. aravinda_desilva@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Vermont · USJohns Hopkins University · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI David Darr · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
Clinical Trials of Biodefense Vaccines (Dengue, West Nile Virus, TBEV)ZIAAI000987 · NIAID · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES · PI WHITEHEAD, STEPHEN · 2009 to 2025
$37.9M
T Cell Responses Following DENV Natural Infections and Live-Attenuated Dengue Virus VaccinationP01AI106695 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Aravinda M. DeSilva · 2015 to 2026
$34.1M
PRECLINICAL ASSAYS TO PREDICT TETRAVALENT DENGUE VACCINE EFFICACYR01AI125198 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DESILVA, ARAVINDA M. · 2016 to 2020
$5.7M
Molecular Basis of Flavivirus Cross-Neutralization by Human AntibodiesR01AI107731 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DESILVA, ARAVINDA M. · 2013 to 2022
$5.3M
Upgrade of a FACS Aria Cell SorterS10OD018175 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI BOYSON, JONATHAN E · 2015 to 2015
$153k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272200900010CNIAID NIH HHS P01 AI106695NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107731NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI125198NIH HHS S10 OD018175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The four-dengue virus (DENV) serotypes infect several hundred million people annually. For the greatest safety and efficacy, tetravalent DENV vaccines are designed to stimulate balanced protective immunity to all four serotypes. However, this has been difficult to achieve. Clinical trials with a leading vaccine demonstrated that unbalanced replication and immunodominance of one vaccine component over others can lead to low efficacy and vaccine enhanced severe disease. The Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health has developed a live attenuated tetravalent DENV vaccine (TV003), which is currently being tested in phase 3 clinical trials. Here we report, our study to determine if TV003 stimulate balanced and serotype-specific (TS) neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses to each serotype. Serum samples from twenty-one dengue-naive individuals participated under study protocol CIR287 (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02021968) are analyzed 6 months after vaccination. Most subjects (76%) develop TS nAbs to 3 or 4 DENV serotypes, indicating immunity is induced by each vaccine component. Vaccine-induced TS nAbs map to epitopes known to be targets of nAbs in people infected with wild type DENVs. Following challenge with a partially attenuated strain of DENV2, all 21 subjects are protected from the efficacy endpoints. However, some vaccinated individuals develop post challenge nAb boost, while others mount post-challenge antibody responses that are consistent with sterilizing immunity. TV003 vaccine induced DENV2 TS nAbs are associated with sterilizing immunity. Our results indicate that nAbs to TS epitopes on each serotype may be a better correlate than total levels of nAbs currently used for guiding DENV vaccine development.

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Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntibody FormationAntibody SpecificityDengueDengue VaccinesDengue VirusEpitopesHumansSerotypingSpecies SpecificityTreatment OutcomeVaccinationVaccines, AttenuatedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralDengue VaccinesEpitopesVaccines, Attenuated

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PMID33597521
PMCPMC7889627
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