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ArticleInfection and immunity2021

Preclinical Characterization of Immunogenicity and Efficacy against Diarrhea from MecVax, a Multivalent Enterotoxigenic E. coli Vaccine Candidate.

Hyesuk Seo, Carolina Garcia, Xiaosai Ruan, Qiangde Duan, David A Sack, Weiping Zhang

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hyesuk Seo *University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Pathobiology, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Carolina Garcia *Kansas State University, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
Xiaosai RuanKansas State University, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
Qiangde DuanKansas State University, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
David A SackJohns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Weiping ZhangUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Pathobiology, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Kansas State University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

A broadly protective subunit vaccine against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) associateddiarrheaR01AI121067 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI ZHANG, WEIPING · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI121067
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are no vaccines licensed for enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), a leading cause of diarrhea for children in developing countries and international travelers. Virulence heterogeneity among strains and difficulties identifying safe antigens for protective antibodies against STa, a potent but poorly immunogenic heat-stable toxin which plays a key role in ETEC diarrhea, are challenges in ETEC vaccine development. To overcome these challenges, we applied a toxoid fusion strategy and a novel epitope- and structure-based multiepitope fusion antigen (MEFA) vaccinology platform to construct two chimeric multivalent proteins, toxoid fusion 3xSTa

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsDiarrheaDisease Models, AnimalEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coliEpitopesEscherichia coli InfectionsEscherichia coli ProteinsEscherichia coli VaccinesMiceRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSwineVaccines, CombinedAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, BacterialBacterial ToxinsEpitopesEscherichia coli ProteinsEscherichia coli VaccinesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVaccines, Combineddiarrheaenterotoxigenic Escherichia coliETECinjectable multivalent vaccineMecVaxMEFAmultiepitope fusion antigenpig modeltoxoid fusion

Identifiers

PMID33875477
PMCPMC8208516
OpenAlexW3156912669

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