STUDIES WITH INACTIVATED EQUINE INFLUENZA VACCINE .1. SEROLOGICAL RESPONSES OF PONIES TO GRADED DOSES OF VACCINE
STUDIES WITH INACTIVATED EQUINE INFLUENZA VACCINE .1. SEROLOGICAL RESPONSES OF PONIES TO GRADED DOSES OF VACCINE
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022172400029004
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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SCHILD, GC
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作者:
WOOD, JM;MUMFORD, J;SCHILD, GC
Serological responses to 3 bivalent aqueous equine influenza vaccines of different potency and an adjuvanted bivalent vaccine containing inactivated A/equine/Prague/56 (H7N7) and A/equine/Miami/63 (H3N8) viruses, were examined in seronegative ponies. Potencies of the vaccines, measured by single-radial-diffusion tests, ranged from 4 to 56 .mu.g of hemagglutinin (HA) antigen activity/virus strain per dose. Serological responses to vaccination were examined by hemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and single-radial-hemolysis (SRH) tests. Four weeks after a primary dose, HI responses to both vaccine viruses were barely detectable; after a 2nd dose the HI responses to A/Miami/63 virus were low or undetectable but HI responses to A/Prague/56 virus were higher (17/20 ponies with titers .gtoreq. 1:16). SRH tests revealed dose-related antibody responses to both virus strains after 1 and 2 vaccine doses; levels after the second dose were 2- to 5-fold higher than after the primary dose. Highest post-vaccination antibody titers were obtained with the adjuvanted vaccine which contained 2- to 4-fold less antigen (13-23 .mu.g HA) than the most potent aqueous vaccine. Post-vaccination antibody reacted well in SRH tests were recent antigenic variants of equine influenza virus. A remarkable finding was the high rate of decline in antibody, detected by HI or SRH tests, following 1 or 2 doses of vaccine. Even in animals with the highest post-vaccine antibody levels 2-4 wk after a booster dose, antibody levels had declined to low or undetectable levels 14 wk later. The low antibody titers detected at 14-32 wk after vaccination were nevertheless vaccine dose-related.