Efficacy of the UK Recombinant Plague Vaccine to Protect Against Pneumonic Plague in the Nonhuman Primate, Macaca Fascicularis (PRIVATE)

Abstract

The efficacy of the UK candidate plague vaccine was established in the cynomolgus macaque model for pneumonic plague. Animals were vaccinated intramuscularly on days 0 and 21 with either 40 g F1 + 40 g V or 80 g F1 + 80 g V in 0.5 ml 20% v/v Alhydrogel. They were challenged on day 60 with a lethal aerosol challenge (> 100 LD50) of CO 92 Y. pestis. All but one of the 19 vaccinated animals that were challenged survived.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428726

Entities

People

  • D. Dyer
  • J. Hartings
  • K. Batey
  • M. L. Pitt

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Products
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Lymphatic Diseases
  • Macrophages
  • Medical Personnel
  • Rodents
  • Surgery
  • Thorax
  • Vaccines

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  • Biology

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  • Immunology
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).

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  • Biotechnology