Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8505113 | Veterinary Microbiology | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7N9 viruses pose a serious challenge to public health and the poultry industry in China. In this study, we generated a chimeric H7/H5 recombinant virus that expressed the entire HA1 region of the HPAI A/chicken/Guangdong/RZ/2017(H7N9) virus and the HA2 region of the HPAI A/chicken/Fujian/5/2016(H5N6) viruses. The resulting chimeric PR8-H7/H5 virus exhibited similar growth kinetics as the parental PR8-H5 and PR8-H7 viruses in vitro. The inactivated chimeric PR8-H7/H5 vaccine induced specific, cross-reactive hemagglutination inhibition antibodies against the H7 virus only but induced serum-neutralizing antibodies against both H7 and H5 viruses. Furthermore, the inactivated chimeric PR8-H7/H5 vaccine significantly reduced virus shedding and protected chickens from challenge with the HPAI H5N6 and H7N9 viruses. Our results suggested that the inactivated chimeric PR8-H7/H5 vaccine was effective against HPAI H5 and H7N9 viruses in chickens.
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Authors
Cheng Peng, Guangyu Hou, Jinping Li, Suchun Wang, Yan Wang, Shanju Cheng, Xiaohui Yu, Jihui Jin, Wenming Jiang,