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ArticleNpj viruses2025

Development of Langat virus infectious clones as a platform for live-attenuated tick-borne encephalitis vaccine.

Naveed Asghar, Rita Jaafar, Anna Valko, Olivia Merinder, Karl Ljungberg, Carl Mårten Lindqvist, Magnus Johansson

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Article in Npj viruses, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors.

Naveed AsgharSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden. Naveed.Asghar@oru.se.
Rita JaafarSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Anna ValkoSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Olivia MerinderScantox Sweden, Solna, Sweden.
Karl LjungbergInternational Vaccine Institute, Europe Regional Office, Solna, Sweden.
Carl Mårten LindqvistClinical Genomics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Magnus JohanssonSchool of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Funding

Stiftelsen för Kunskaps- och Kompetensutveckling 20200063Stiftelsen Lars Hiertas Minne FO2023-0253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most important tick-transmitted diseases in Europe and Asia. With no specific antiviral treatment available, vaccination remains the most effective protective strategy for TBE. Unlike currently available inactivated TBE vaccines that require repeated boosters, live-attenuated vaccines could offer lifelong immunity with a single dose. Langat virus (LGTV) is a naturally attenuated strain of TBE virus (TBEV). In this study, we engineered and rescued four infectious clones (ICs) of LGTV using RNA- and DNA-based reverse genetics methods. The ICs rescued by DNA-based method showed higher genetic stability in cell culture. One of the ICs rescued by DNA-based method was further evaluated in vitro and in vivo, which exhibited growth kinetics and immune profile comparable to the LGTV strain in our laboratory. This reverse genetics platform will be utilized to introduce targeted mutations within the LGTV genome to develop a live-attenuated TBE vaccine.

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PMCPMC12102213

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