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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Development of a Novel Multi-Epitope Vaccine Against Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus: An Integrated Reverse Vaccinology, Vaccine Informatics and Biophysics Approach.

Muhammad Tahir Ul Qamar, Saba Ismail, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Mirza, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Usman Ali Ashfaq, Ling-Ling Chen

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Muhammad Tahir Ul QamarCollege of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
Saba IsmailNUMS Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Sajjad AhmadDepartment of Microbiology and Pharmacy, Abasyn University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Muhammad Usman MirzaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.
Sumra Wajid AbbasiNUMS Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Usman Ali AshfaqDepartment of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Ling-Ling ChenCollege of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning, China.
Guangxi University · CNNational University of Medical Sciences · PKAbasyn University · PKGovernment College University, Faisalabad · PKUniversity of Windsor · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a highly severe and virulent viral disease of zoonotic origin, caused by a tick-born CCHF virus (CCHFV). The virus is endemic in many countries and has a mortality rate between 10% and 40%. As there is no licensed vaccine or therapeutic options available to treat CCHF, the present study was designed to focus on application of modern computational approaches to propose a multi-epitope vaccine (MEV) expressing antigenic determinants prioritized from the CCHFV genome. Integrated computational analyses revealed the presence of 9 immunodominant epitopes from Nucleoprotein (N), RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), Glycoprotein N (Gn/G2), and Glycoprotein C (Gc/G1). Together these epitopes were observed to cover 99.74% of the world populations. The epitopes demonstrated excellent binding affinity for the B- and T-cell reference set of alleles, the high antigenic potential, non-allergenic nature, excellent solubility, zero percent toxicity and interferon-gamma induction potential. The epitopes were engineered into an MEV through suitable linkers and adjuvating with an appropriate adjuvant molecule. The recombinant vaccine sequence revealed all favorable physicochemical properties allowing the ease of experimental analysis

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Computational BiologyComputer-Aided DesignDrug DevelopmentImmunodominant EpitopesVaccinologyAnimalsAntigens, ViralHemorrhagic Fever, CrimeanHemorrhagic Fever Virus, Crimean-CongoImmunogenicity, VaccineMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationTicksToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 3Vaccines, DNAAntigens, ViralImmunodominant EpitopesToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 3Vaccines, DNAViral VaccinesCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic feverCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virusimmunoinformaticsmolecular dynamics simulationvaccine

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PMID34220816
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