Live-attenuated pediatric parainfluenza vaccine expressing 6P-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is protective against SARS-CoV-2 variants in hamsters.

The pediatric live-attenuated bovine/human parainfluenza virus type 3 (B/HPIV3)-vectored vaccine expressing the prefusion-stabilized SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) protein (B/HPIV3/S-2P) was previously evaluated in vitro and in hamsters. To improve its immunogenicity, we generated B/HPIV3/S-6P, expressing S f...

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Main Authors: Xueqiao Liu, Hong-Su Park, Yumiko Matsuoka, Celia Santos, Lijuan Yang, Cindy Luongo, Ian N Moore, Reed F Johnson, Nicole L Garza, Peng Zhang, Paolo Lusso, Sonja M Best, Ursula J Buchholz, Cyril Le Nouën
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011057