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12 January 2016 Protective Efficacy of an H5N1 Inactivated Vaccine Against Challenge with Lethal H5N1, H5N2, H5N6, and H5N8 Influenza Viruses in Chickens
Xianying Zeng, Pucheng Chen, Liling Liu, Guohua Deng, Yanbing Li, Jianzhong Shi, Huihui Kong, Huapeng Feng, Jie Bai, Xin Li, Wenjun Shi, Guobin Tian, Hualan Chen
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Abstract

The Goose/Guangdong-lineage H5 viruses have evolved into diverse clades and subclades based on their hemagglutinin (HA) gene during their circulation in wild birds and poultry. Since late 2013, the clade 2.3.4.4 viruses have become widespread in poultry and wild bird populations around the world. Different subtypes of the clade 2.3.4.4 H5 viruses, including H5N1, H5N2, H5N6, and H5N8, have caused vast disease outbreaks in poultry in Asia, Europe, and North America. In this study, we developed a new H5N1 inactivated vaccine by using a seed virus (designated as Re-8) that contains the HA and NA genes from a clade 2.3.4.4 virus, A/chicken/Guizhou/4/13(H5N1) (CK/GZ/4/13), and its six internal genes from the high-growth A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 (H1N1) virus. We evaluated the protective efficacy of this vaccine in chickens challenged with one H5N1 clade 2.3.2.1b virus and six different subtypes of clade 2.3.4.4 viruses, including H5N1, H5N2, H5N6, and H5N8 strains. In the clade 2.3.2.1b virus DK/GX/S1017/13–challenged groups, half of the vaccinated chickens shed virus through the oropharynx and two birds (20%) died during the observation period. All of the control chickens shed viruses and died within 6 days of infection with challenge virus. All of the vaccinated chickens remained healthy following challenge with the six clade 2.3.4.4 viruses, and virus shedding was not detected from any of these birds; however, all of the control birds shed viruses and died within 4 days of challenge with the clade 2.3.4.4 viruses. Our results indicate that the Re-8 vaccine provides protection against different subtypes of clade 2.3.4.4 H5 viruses.

© 2016 American Association of Avian Pathologists
Xianying Zeng, Pucheng Chen, Liling Liu, Guohua Deng, Yanbing Li, Jianzhong Shi, Huihui Kong, Huapeng Feng, Jie Bai, Xin Li, Wenjun Shi, Guobin Tian, and Hualan Chen "Protective Efficacy of an H5N1 Inactivated Vaccine Against Challenge with Lethal H5N1, H5N2, H5N6, and H5N8 Influenza Viruses in Chickens," Avian Diseases 60(1s), 253-255, (12 January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1637/11179-052015-ResNoteR
Received: 22 May 2015; Accepted: 1 January 2016; Published: 12 January 2016
KEYWORDS
avian influenza
clade 2.3.4.4
H5N1 subtype
inactivated vaccine
protective efficacy
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