Blocking transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in llamas by vaccination with a recombinant spike protein

The ongoing Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreaks pose a worldwide public health threat. Blocking MERS-CoV zoonotic transmission from dromedary camels, the animal reservoir, could potentially reduce the number of primary human cases. Here we report MERS-CoV transmission from experimentally infected llamas to naïve animals. Directly inoculated llamas shed virus for at least 6 days and could infect all in-contact naïve animals 4-5 days after exposure. With the aim to block virus transmission, we examined the efficacy of a recombinant spike S1-protein vaccine. In contrast to naïve animals, in-contact vaccinated llamas did not shed infectious virus upon exposure to directly inoculated llamas, consistent with the induction of strong virus neutralizing antibody responses. Our data provide further evidence that vaccination of the reservoir host may impede MERS-CoV zoonotic transmission to humans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 8(2019), 1 vom: 02., Seite 1593-1603

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rodon, Jordi [VerfasserIn]
Okba, Nisreen M A [VerfasserIn]
Te, Nigeer [VerfasserIn]
van Dieren, Brenda [VerfasserIn]
Bosch, Berend-Jan [VerfasserIn]
Bensaid, Albert [VerfasserIn]
Segalés, Joaquim [VerfasserIn]
Haagmans, Bart L [VerfasserIn]
Vergara-Alert, Júlia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Animal model
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Journal Article
Llama
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
S1-protein-based vaccine
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Viral Vaccines
Virus transmission

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.02.2020

Date Revised 21.02.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2019.1685912

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM303151188