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ArticleVaccines2021

Evaluation of DNA-Launched Virus-Like Particle Vaccines in an Immune Competent Mouse Model of Chikungunya Virus Infection.

Jonathan O Rayner, Jin Hyun Kim, Rosemary W Roberts, Raphael Ryan Wood, Brian Fouty, Victor Solodushko

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. 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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3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Jonathan O RaynerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Jin Hyun KimDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7902-4571
Rosemary W RobertsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Raphael Ryan WoodDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Brian FoutyDepartments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology and Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
Victor SolodushkoDepartment of Pharmacology and Center for Lung Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA.
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

University of South Alabama College of Medicine Intramural Grants Program Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection can result in chronic and debilitating arthralgia affecting humans in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, yet there are no licensed vaccines to prevent infection. DNA launched virus like particle (VLP) vaccines represent a potentially safer alternative to traditional live-attenuated vaccines; however, fully characterized immunocompetent mouse models which appropriately include both male and female animals for preclinical evaluation of these, and other, vaccine platforms are lacking. Utilizing virus stocks engineered to express mutations reported to enhance CHIKV virulence in mice, infection of male and female immunocompetent mice was evaluated, and the resulting model utilized to assess the efficacy of candidate DNA launched CHIKV VLP vaccines. Results demonstrate the potential utility of DNA launched VLP vaccines in comparison to a live attenuated CHIKV vaccine and identify gender differences in viral RNA loads that impact interpretation of vaccine efficacy and may have important implications for future CHIKV vaccine development.

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chikungunya virusDNA vaccineimmune competentmouse modelvirus-like particle

Identifiers

PMID33918409
PMCPMC8067036
OpenAlexW3150386703

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