• Vaccine Name: Rotavirus VP4/VP7 Protein Vaccine
• Target Pathogen: Rotavirus
• Target Disease: Gastroenteritis
• Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0004161
• Type: Subunit vaccine
• Status: Research
• VP4 gene engineering:
  • Type: Recombinant vector construction
  • Description:
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• VP7 gene engineering:
  • Type: Recombinant vector construction
  • Description:
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• VP6 gene engineering:
  • Type: Recombinant vector construction
  • Description:
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• Adjuvant:
  • Adjuvant name:
  • VO adjuvant ID: VO_0000142
• Immunization Route: Intramuscular injection (i.m.)

Mouse Response

• Host Strain: CD-1
• Vaccination Protocol: For primary immunization, each immunogen (based on 10μg of VP6) was emulsified with an equal volume of Freund's complete adjuvant. For the secondary 'booster' immunizations, each immunogen was emulsified with an equal volume of Freund's incomplete adjuvant. Eight groups of mice (Strain CD-1 ; ten animals/group) were immunized intramuscularly with the immunogen preparations. The primary immunization was given to the mice at 7 weeks of age and was followed by two booster immunizations at 2 week intervals. The mice were bred and litters were born to the dams at 12 to 14 weeks of age (Redmond et al., 1993).
• Challenge Protocol: Pups were allowed to suckle their dams and ten pups/group were challenged at 7 days of age with one of four rotavirus isolates. The challenge dose for each isolate was ~ 10^6 p.f.u./mouse, suspended in MEM in 100 microliter volume. This dose had been demonstrated to produce diarrhoea in 100% of neonatal mice born to rotavirus antibody-free dams 26. The virus challenge preparations were administered by intubation of the stomach with a soft flexible plastic feeding tube. The appearance of diarrhoea was scored clinically for up to 72 h postchallenge (Redmond et al., 1993).
• Efficacy: The highest antibody and virus neutralization titres were achieved following vaccination with VP4 cell-lysate. The significance of VP4 in the neutralization of virus was clearly defined by the high virus neutralization titres achieved following vaccination with any preparation containing VP4 (Redmond et al., 1993).