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ArticleJournal of travel medicine2025

Long-term immunogenicity of a single-dose live recombinant chimeric Japanese encephalitis vaccine in adults.

Deborah J Mills, Narayan Gyawali, Nirupama A Nammunige, Christine Mills, Gregor J Devine, Colleen L Lau, Luis Furuya-Kanamori

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Article in Journal of travel medicine, 2025. 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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7 authors.

Deborah J MillsDr Deb The Travel Doctor, Travel Medicine Alliance, Brisbane, Australia.
Narayan GyawaliMosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Nirupama A NammunigeMosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Christine MillsDr Deb The Travel Doctor, Travel Medicine Alliance, Brisbane, Australia.
Gregor J DevineMosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
Colleen L LauUQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia.
Luis Furuya-KanamoriUQ Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Herston, Australia.

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Australian Infectious Disease Research CentreNHMRC Investigator APP1193826University of Queensland's Amplify Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundJapanese encephalitis virus is a leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia, with high case-fatality rate and morbidity. Although the live recombinant Japanese encephalitis chimeric vaccine (Imojev®) offers strong initial immunity, data on long-term efficacy beyond 5 years remain limited.

methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional study on adults vaccinated with Imojev® at a specialist travel clinic in Brisbane, Australia. Participants were stratified based on the time since vaccination: 2-5 years and >5 years. Neutralizing antibody titres were measured using the plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT50), with titres ≥10 indicating seropositivity.

resultsOf the 103 participants, 47 were vaccinated 2-5 years prior and 56 were vaccinated ≥5 years prior to enrolment. All participants vaccinated within 5 years remain seropositive, whilst 52 of 56 (92.9%) vaccinated ≥5 years ago were seropositive. Four participants (7.1%) were seronegative post-vaccination, with time since vaccination ranging from 5 to 9 years. These seronegative individuals were vaccinated a median of 9.2 years ago, compared to 5.1 years for seropositive participants (P-value = 0.037). Aside from time since vaccination, no other factors (e.g. age, sex) were associated with seronegativity.

conclusionsImojev® provides durable immunity, with seropositivity exceeding 90% up to 10 years post-vaccination. However, waning immunity in a small proportion of individuals suggests that booster doses may be beneficial for high-risk travellers vaccinated over 5 years ago.

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Encephalitis, JapaneseImmunogenicity, VaccineJapanese Encephalitis VaccinesAdultAgedAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAustraliaCross-Sectional StudiesEncephalitis Virus, JapaneseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTime FactorsTravelAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralJapanese Encephalitis VaccinesVaccines, AttenuatedVaccines, SyntheticArbovirusflavivirusimmunitynon-endemicpersistence

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PMID39836415
PMCPMC11896838

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