Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses
Dengue virus and Zika virus are mosquito-borne, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that belong to the Flaviviridae family. Both the viruses are closely related and have similarities with other flaviviruses. Dengue virus (DENV) causes a severe febrile illness with fever, joint pain, and rash...
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| author | Jarin Taslem Mourosi Ayobami Awe Swati Jain Himanshu Batra |
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| description | Dengue virus and Zika virus are mosquito-borne, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that belong to the Flaviviridae family. Both the viruses are closely related and have similarities with other flaviviruses. Dengue virus (DENV) causes a severe febrile illness with fever, joint pain, and rash leading to a life-threatening condition in severe cases. While Zika virus (ZIKV) primarily causes mild fever, it can be passed from a pregnant mother to her fetus, resulting in severe birth defect microcephaly and even causing a rare autoimmune disease—Guillain–Barre syndrome. To date, there are no approved DENV and ZIKA vaccines available, except a Dengue vaccine (Dengvaxia, Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Lyon, France) recently approved to be used only for 9–16 years of age groups living in endemic areas and having a previous record of confirmed dengue infection. There are several potential vaccine candidates in the clinical trials based on multiple vaccine platforms, such as live attenuated, subunit, nucleic acid, and viral vector-based vaccines. In the current review, we have focused exclusively on the nucleic acid vaccine platform and discussed the progress of all the DNA/RNA vaccine candidates under preclinical and clinical studies for DENV and ZIKA viruses. Additionally, we have described a brief history of the emergence of these flaviviruses, major structural similarities between them, prominent vaccine targets, and the mechanism of virus entry and infection. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f585ad3d2c61498d81688880e9dddcea2023-11-23T19:20:00ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-05-0110683410.3390/vaccines10060834Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA FlavivirusesJarin Taslem Mourosi0Ayobami Awe1Swati Jain2Himanshu Batra3Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USADepartment of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USADepartment of Surgery (Head and Neck Service), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USAProgram in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USADengue virus and Zika virus are mosquito-borne, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses that belong to the Flaviviridae family. Both the viruses are closely related and have similarities with other flaviviruses. Dengue virus (DENV) causes a severe febrile illness with fever, joint pain, and rash leading to a life-threatening condition in severe cases. While Zika virus (ZIKV) primarily causes mild fever, it can be passed from a pregnant mother to her fetus, resulting in severe birth defect microcephaly and even causing a rare autoimmune disease—Guillain–Barre syndrome. To date, there are no approved DENV and ZIKA vaccines available, except a Dengue vaccine (Dengvaxia, Sanofi Pasteur Inc., Lyon, France) recently approved to be used only for 9–16 years of age groups living in endemic areas and having a previous record of confirmed dengue infection. There are several potential vaccine candidates in the clinical trials based on multiple vaccine platforms, such as live attenuated, subunit, nucleic acid, and viral vector-based vaccines. In the current review, we have focused exclusively on the nucleic acid vaccine platform and discussed the progress of all the DNA/RNA vaccine candidates under preclinical and clinical studies for DENV and ZIKA viruses. Additionally, we have described a brief history of the emergence of these flaviviruses, major structural similarities between them, prominent vaccine targets, and the mechanism of virus entry and infection.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/834mRNA vaccineDNA vaccineDengue and Zika |
| spellingShingle | Jarin Taslem Mourosi Ayobami Awe Swati Jain Himanshu Batra Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses Vaccines mRNA vaccine DNA vaccine Dengue and Zika |
| title | Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses |
| title_full | Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses |
| title_fullStr | Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses |
| title_short | Nucleic Acid Vaccine Platform for DENGUE and ZIKA Flaviviruses |
| title_sort | nucleic acid vaccine platform for dengue and zika flaviviruses |
| topic | mRNA vaccine DNA vaccine Dengue and Zika |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/6/834 |
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