Neonatal immunization with a single dose of recombinant BCG expressing subunit S1 from pertussis toxin induces complete protection against Bordetella pertussis intracerebral challenge |
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Authors: | Nascimento Ivan P Dias Waldely O Quintilio Wagner Christ Ana P Moraes Josefina F Vancetto Mary D C Ribeiro-Dos-Santos Gabriela Raw Isaias Leite Luciana C C |
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Institution: | Centro de Biotecnologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil 1500, 05503-900 S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | The currently used pertussis vaccines are highly efficacious; however, neonates are susceptible to whooping cough up to the sixth month. In agreement, DTP-immunized neonate mice were not protected against intracerebral challenge with Bordetella pertussis. Neonate mice immunized with either DTP or a recombinant-BCG strain expressing the genetically detoxified S1 subunit of pertussis toxin do not show a humoral immune response against PT. On the other hand, rBCG-Pertussis induces higher PT-specific IFN-gamma production and an increase in both IFN-gamma(+) and TNF-alpha(+)-CD4(+)-T cells than the whole cell pertussis vaccine and confers protection against a lethal intracerebral challenge with B. pertussis. |
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