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Rationale for vaccination with trivalent or quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccines: Protective vaccine efficacy in the ferret model

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Editor, Senior Moderator
PLoS One. 2018 Dec 3;13(12):e0208028. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208028. eCollection 2018.
[h=1]Rationale for vaccination with trivalent or quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccines: Protective vaccine efficacy in the ferret model.[/h] Rudenko L[SUP]1[/SUP], Kiseleva I[SUP]1[/SUP], Krutikova E[SUP]1[/SUP], Stepanova E[SUP]1[/SUP], Rekstin A[SUP]1[/SUP], Donina S[SUP]1[/SUP], Pisareva M[SUP]1[/SUP], Grigorieva E[SUP]1[/SUP], Kryshen K[SUP]2[/SUP], Muzhikyan A[SUP]2[/SUP], Makarova M[SUP]2[/SUP], Sparrow EG[SUP]3[/SUP], Torelli G[SUP]3[/SUP], Kieny MP[SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND AND AIM:[/h] The majority of seasonal influenza vaccines are trivalent, containing two A virus strains (H1N1 and H3N2) and one B virus strain. The co-circulation of two distinct lineages of B viruses can lead to mismatch between the influenza B virus strain recommended for the trivalent seasonal vaccine and the circulating B virus. This has led some manufacturers to produce quadrivalent influenza vaccines containing one strain from each B lineage in addition to H1N1 and H3N2 strains. However, it is also important to know whether vaccines containing a single influenza B strain can provide cross-protectivity against viruses of the antigenically distinct lineage. The aim of this study was to assess in na?ve ferrets the potential cross-protective activity of trivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine (T-LAIV) against challenge with a heterologous wild-type influenza B virus belonging to the genetically different lineage and to compare this activity with effectiveness of quadrivalent LAIV (Q-LAIV) in the ferret model.
[h=4]METHODS AND RESULTS:[/h] Ferrets were vaccinated with either one dose of trivalent LAIV containing B/Victoria or B/Yamagata lineage virus, or quadrivalent LAIV (containing both B lineages), or placebo. They were then challenged with B/Victoria or B/Yamagata lineage wild-type virus 28 days after vaccination. The ferrets were monitored for clinical signs and morbidity. Nasal swabs and lung tissue samples were analyzed for the presence of challenge virus. Antibody response to vaccination was assessed by routine hemagglutination inhibition assay. All LAIVs tested were found to be safe and effective against wild-type influenza B viruses based on clinical signs, and virological and histological data. The absence of interference between vaccine strains in trivalent and quadrivalent vaccine formulations was confirmed. Trivalent LAIVs were shown to have the potential to be cross-protective against infection with genetically different influenza B/Victoria and B/Yamagata lineages.
[h=4]CONCLUSIONS:[/h] In this ferret model, quadrivalent vaccine provided higher protection to challenge against both B/Victoria and B/Yamagata lineage viruses. However, T-LAIV provided some cross-protection in the case of a mismatch between circulating and vaccine type B strains. Notably, B/Victoria-based T-LAIV was more protective compared to B/Yamagata-based T-LAIV.


PMID: 30507951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208028
 
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