Abstract
The widely used hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine is based on three doses of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) protein. We previously showed that vectored measles viruses (MV) expressing HBsAg retain measles vaccine function in monkeys but do not induce a protective anti-HBs response in all animals. We show here that a single dose of HBsAg protein following a three-dose vaccination regimen with an optimized HBsAg-expressing MV elicits protective anti-HBs responses in all four vaccinated Rhesus monkeys. Vaccination strategies coupling the effective, long-term immunity elicited by the high-coverage MV vaccine to prophylactic HBV immunity are discussed.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9013-9017 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of virology |
Volume | 83 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Insect Science
- Virology