PASSIVE ANTIBODY THERAPY OF LASSA FEVER IN CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS - IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND LASSA VIRUS-STRAIN
PASSIVE ANTIBODY THERAPY OF LASSA FEVER IN CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS - IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY AND LASSA VIRUS-STRAIN
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.44.2.528-533.1984
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
PETERS, CJ
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作者:
JAHRLING, PB;PETERS, CJ
Lassa virus-infected cynomolgus monkeys were passively immunized with immune plasma of primate or human origin to gain insight into criteria for plasma selection and administration to human Lassa fever patients. Protective efficacy was correlated with neutralizing antibody concentrations, expressed as a log10 neutralization index (LNI). Convalescent Lassa-immune monkey plasma was titrated for protective efficacy in monkeys by i.v. inoculation with dilutions of plasma on the day of s.c. Lassa virus inoculation (day 0) and again on days 3 and 6. Monkeys that received undiluted plasma (LNI = 4.1) (1 ml/kg per treatment) survived a lethal viral dose; those given a 1:3 dilution (LNI = 2.6) of this same plasma (1 ml/kg per treatment) died. Protection was restored when the volume of the 1:3 plasma dilution was increased to 3 ml/kg per treatment. Plasma diluted .gtoreq. 1:9 (LNI = .ltoreq. 1.5) delayed onset and suppressed the magnitude of viremia but failed to confer protection at 3 ml/kg per treatment. Immunological enhancement, defined as increased viremia or accelerated death, did not occur following inadequate treatment. Human convalescent plasma also protected recipient monkeys; reductions in mortality and viremia were accurately predicted by the LNI of the plasma. Plasma of Liberian origin neutralized a Liberian Lassa strain more effectively than a Sierra Leone strain in vitro (LNI = 2.8 and 1.6, respectively) and protected monkeys were effectively against the Liberian strain. Geographic origin is thus a factor in the selection of optimal plasma for treatment of human Lassa fever, since geographically matched plasma is more likely to contain adequate LNI titers against homologous Lassa virus strains. Early infusion of high-LNI plasma appears to be critical for treatment success.