A live measles-vectored COVID-19 vaccine induces strong immunity and protection from SARS-CoV-2 challenge in mice and hamsters

Here the authors generate a measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARSCoV-2 spike protein and show immunogenicity and protection in mice and hamsters, including neutralization of circulating variants of concerns in vitro.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Phanramphoei N. Frantz, Aleksandr Barinov, Claude Ruffié, Chantal Combredet, Valérie Najburg, Guilherme Dias de Melo, Florence Larrous, Lauriane Kergoat, Samaporn Teeravechyan, Anan Jongkaewwattana, Emmanuelle Billon-Denis, Jean-Nicolas Tournier, Matthieu Prot, Laurine Levillayer, Laurine Conquet, Xavier Montagutelli, Magali Tichit, David Hardy, Priyanka Fernandes, Hélène Strick-Marchand, James Di Santo, Etienne Simon-Lorière, Hervé Bourhy, Frédéric Tangy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26506-2