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ArticleViruses2021

Inclusion of the Guinea Pig Cytomegalovirus Pentameric Complex in a Live Virus Vaccine Aids Efficacy against Congenital Infection but Is Not Essential for Improving Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes.

Mark R Schleiss, Claudia Fernández-Alarcón, Nelmary Hernandez-Alvarado, Jian Ben Wang, Adam P Geballe, Michael A McVoy

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mark R SchleissDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2108-9433
Claudia Fernández-AlarcónDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2210-7792
Nelmary Hernandez-AlvaradoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Jian Ben WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Adam P GeballeDivisions of Human Biology and Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Michael A McVoyDepartment of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7949-7870
University of Minnesota Medical Center · USVirginia Commonwealth University · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

Optimizing Immunity and Maternal Host Defense Against Congenital Cytomegalovirus InfectionR01HD098866 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Craig John Bierle, Michael A McVoy · 2019 to 2026
$3.9M
Optimized Vaccines Against Congenital Infection and Maternal Reinfection with CMVR01HD079918 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI SCHLEISS, MARK R. · 2015 to 2019
$1.6M
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development HD079918Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development HD098866NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD079918NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD098866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The development of a vaccine against congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection is a major priority. The pentameric complex (PC) of virion envelope proteins gH, gL, UL128, UL130, and UL131A is a key vaccine target. To determine the importance of immunity to the homologous PC encoded by guinea pig cytomegalovirus (GPCMV) in preventing congenital CMV, PC-intact and PC-deficient live-attenuated vaccines were generated and directly compared for immunogenicity and efficacy against vertical transmission in a vertical transmission model. A virulent PC-intact GPCMV (PC/intact) was modified by

Indexed as

AnimalsFemaleGuinea PigsHumansInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalPregnancyRoseolovirusRoseolovirus InfectionsVaccinationVaccines, AttenuatedViral LoadViremiaVaccines, AttenuatedCMV immune modulationCMV pentameric complexCMV vaccinecongenital CMV infectioncytomegalovirus (CMV)guinea pig cytomegalovirus

Identifiers

PMID34960639
PMCPMC8706200
OpenAlexW3214999625

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