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  • Title: Canine rabies DNA vaccination: a single-dose intradermal injection into ear pinnae elicits elevated and persistent levels of neutralizing antibody.
    Author: Lodmell DL, Parnell MJ, Weyhrich JT, Ewalt LC.
    Journal: Vaccine; 2003 Sep 08; 21(25-26):3998-4002. PubMed ID: 12922136.
    Abstract:
    Rabid dog exposures cause >99% of human rabies deaths world-wide. In developing countries, where dogs are the viral reservoir, the 30-50% vaccination coverage of dog populations is insufficient to break the disease transmission cycle. In addition, many vaccines currently used in developing countries fail to maintain detectable levels of neutralizing antibody. The poor vaccination coverage with inadequate vaccines, in addition to the difficulty in locating dogs for booster vaccinations, suggest that an inexpensive vaccine that elicits long-term immunity after a single-dose vaccination could improve control of canine rabies in developing countries. One solution could be a DNA vaccine. This study was designed to evaluate in dogs the ability of different methods of a single-dose DNA vaccination to elicit enhanced levels of neutralizing antibody. Intradermal (i.d.) vaccination into ear pinnae elicited elevated and long-lasting levels of neutralizing antibody. Minimal or undetectable levels of neutralizing antibody were detected after vaccination into quadriceps muscle, gene gun vaccination into ear pinnae or i.d. vaccination into the neck. Intramuscular (i.m.) or gene gun vaccinations did not "immunologically prime" a majority of dogs vaccinated by these routes. The passive transfer of sera from dogs that had been vaccinated i.d. in ear pinnae protected mice against rabies virus challenge. A single-dose i.d. rabies DNA vaccination into ear pinnae could aid in the control of canine rabies in developing countries.
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