The dose-dependent effect on protection and humoral response to a DNA vaccine against Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus in subyearling rainbow trout

Journal of Fish Diseases
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Abstract

A dose–response study that used the DNA vaccine pIHNw-G against infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) showed that complete and highly significant (P < 0.001) protection against a virus injection challenge can be attained in subyearling rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (145–160 g, 8- to 10-months-old) 6 weeks after a single intramuscular injection with doses as low as 1 μg. Complete protection was also reproducibly demonstrated at higher vaccine doses; however, no protection was observed with a 0.1-μg dose. Virus-neutralizing antibody titers were detected in fish that had been vaccinated with different doses of the DNA vaccine and then sham-infected; there appeared to be a dose-dependent effect, with higher titers obtained with higher doses of vaccine. The DNA-vaccinated animals that survived virus challenge had significantly (P < 0.05) higher neutralizing antibody titers than sham-infected, DNA-vaccinated control fish. Additionally, the titers detected in the IHN survivors exhibited a significant (P < 0.05) dose-dependent effect, with the highest titers being present in fish that received the highest vaccine doses.

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LaPatra, S.E., Corbeil, S., Jones, G.R., Shewmaker, W.D., and Kurath, G., 2000, The dose-dependent effect on protection and humoral response to a DNA vaccine against Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus in subyearling rainbow trout: Journal of Fish Diseases, v. 12, no. 3, p. 181-188, https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8667(2000)012<0181:FDDEOP>2.0.CO;2.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title The dose-dependent effect on protection and humoral response to a DNA vaccine against Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus in subyearling rainbow trout
Series title Journal of Fish Diseases
DOI 10.1577/1548-8667(2000)012<0181:FDDEOP>2.0.CO;2
Volume 12
Issue 3
Year Published 2000
Language English
Publisher Taylor & Francis
Contributing office(s) Western Fisheries Research Center
Description 8 p.
First page 181
Last page 188
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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