Recent progress in West Nile virus diagnosis and vaccination

M De Filette, S Ulbert, MS Diamond, NN Sanders - Veterinary research, 2012 - Springer
West Nile virus (WNV) is a positive-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family,
a large family with 3 main genera (flavivirus, hepacivirus and pestivirus). Among these …

West Nile virus vaccines–current situation and future directions

S Ulbert - Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
West Nile virus (WNV) is a widely spread human pathogenic arthropod-borne virus. It can
lead to severe, sometimes fatal, neurological disease. Over the last two decades, several …

Structural basis of Zika virus-specific antibody protection

H Zhao, E Fernandez, KA Dowd, SD Speer, DJ Platt… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection during pregnancy has emerged as a global public health problem
because of its ability to cause severe congenital disease. Here, we developed six mouse …

West Nile virus: immunity and pathogenesis

SM Lim, P Koraka, ADME Osterhaus, BEE Martina - Viruses, 2011 - mdpi.com
West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic, arthropod-borne flavivirus that is maintained in an
enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds, but can also infect and cause disease in …

Cross-reactive immunity among five medically important mosquito-borne flaviviruses related to human diseases

B Hou, H Chen, N Gao, J An - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Flaviviruses cause a spectrum of potentially severe diseases. Most flaviviruses are
transmitted by mosquitoes or ticks and are widely distributed all over the world. Among them …

A VLP-based vaccine targeting domain III of the West Nile virus E protein protects from lethal infection in mice

G Spohn, GT Jennings, BEE Martina, I Keller, M Beck… - Virology journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Since its first appearance in the USA in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has
spread in the Western hemisphere and continues to represent an important public health …

Vaccines in development against West Nile virus

S Brandler, F Tangy - Viruses, 2013 - mdpi.com
West Nile encephalitis emerged in 1999 in the United States, then rapidly spread through
the North American continent causing severe disease in human and horses. Since then …

Preexisting Japanese encephalitis virus neutralizing antibodies and increased symptomatic dengue illness in a school-based cohort in Thailand

KB Anderson, RV Gibbons, SJ Thomas… - PLoS neglected …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Dengue viruses (DENVs) and Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) have
significant cross-reactivity in serological assays; the clinical implications of this remain …

An inactivated Vero cell-grown Japanese encephalitis vaccine formulated with Advax, a novel inulin-based adjuvant, induces protective neutralizing antibody against …

M Lobigs, M Pavy, RA Hall, P Lobigs… - Journal of General …, 2010 - microbiologyresearch.org
Advax is a polysaccharide-based adjuvant that potently stimulates vaccine immunogenicity
without the increased reactogenicity seen with other adjuvants. This study investigated the …

On a mouse monoclonal antibody that neutralizes all four dengue virus serotypes

R Rajamanonmani, C Nkenfou… - Journal of General …, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
The flavivirus envelope glycoprotein (E) is responsible for viral attachment and entry by
membrane fusion. Its ectodomain is the primary target of the humoral immune response. In …