Improved DNA vaccine delivery with needle-free injection systems

C Ledesma-Feliciano, R Chapman, JW Hooper… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
DNA vaccines have inherent advantages compared to other vaccine types, including safety,
rapid design and construction, ease and speed to manufacture, and thermostability …

Protective and enhancing interactions among dengue viruses 1-4 and Zika virus

LC Katzelnick, S Bos, E Harris - Current Opinion in Virology, 2020 - Elsevier
Dengue viruses 1-4 (DENV 1-4) and Zika virus (ZIKV) are closely related flaviviruses
transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes that co-circulate in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and …

Protection against symptomatic dengue infection by neutralizing antibodies varies by infection history and infecting serotype

S Bos, AL Graber, JA Cardona-Ospina… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Dengue viruses (DENV1–4) are the most prevalent arboviruses in humans and a
major public health concern. Understanding immune mechanisms that modulate DENV …

Dengue and Zika virus infections in children elicit cross-reactive protective and enhancing antibodies that persist long term

LC Katzelnick, JV Zambrana, D Elizondo… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Dengue virus serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV1–4) and Zika virus (ZIKV) are mosquito-borne
flaviviruses that induce both virus-specific and broadly reactive antibodies. A first DENV …

An optimized messenger RNA vaccine candidate protects non-human primates from Zika virus infection

B Bollman, N Nunna, K Bahl, CJ Hsiao, H Bennett… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes, was identified as a cause of
congenital disease during a major outbreak in the Americas in 2016. Vaccine design …

Single B cell transcriptomics identifies multiple isotypes of broadly neutralizing antibodies against flaviviruses

J Lubow, LM Levoir, DK Ralph, L Belmont… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Sequential dengue virus (DENV) infections often generate neutralizing antibodies against
all four DENV serotypes and sometimes, Zika virus. Characterizing cross-flavivirus broadly …

Polyclonal hyper immunoglobulin: A proven treatment and prophylaxis platform for passive immunization to address existing and emerging diseases

T Tharmalingam, X Han, A Wozniak… - Human vaccines & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Passive immunization with polyclonal hyper immunoglobulin (HIG) therapy represents a
proven strategy by transferring immunoglobulins to patients to confer immediate protection …

Prior dengue virus serotype 3 infection modulates subsequent plasmablast responses to Zika virus infection in rhesus macaques

T Singh, IG Miller, S Venkatayogi, H Webster… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Immunodominant and highly conserved flavivirus envelope proteins can trigger cross-
reactive IgG antibodies against related flaviviruses, which shapes subsequent protection or …

A prototype-pathogen approach for the development of flavivirus countermeasures

RJ Kuhn, ADT Barrett, AM Desilva… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Flaviviruses are a genus within the Flaviviridae family of positive-strand RNA viruses and
are transmitted principally through mosquito and tick vectors. These viruses are responsible …

Seroprevalence of Zika virus in pregnant women from central Thailand

C Phatihattakorn, A Wongsa, K Pongpan… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Zika virus (ZKV) infection in a pregnant woman, especially during the first trimester, often
results in congenital anomalies. However, the pathogenic mechanism is unknown and one …