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Rationally attenuated candidates

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Development of an attenuated vaccine that doesn’t persist or is excreted

Research Question

  • Replicating organisms are likely to give the most appropriate immune response but wild-type virus manipulates the host response. The aim is to reduce the virulence of the organism so that the vaccinated animal can mount a protective immune response

Research Gaps and Challenges

  • The generation of GM organisms that are viable but lack virulence and non-protective immune-dominant antigens
  • Identification of strains that give the greatest cross protection
  • That vaccination prevents excretion of the organism – both the vaccine strain and wild type virus or any combination of the two that may have been generated

Solution Routes

  • Monitoring the immune response following immunisation with the various candidates.
  • Challenge experiments with the various vaccine candidates, including challenge with other strains
  • Identity of cell lines that allow higher production of PRRSV

Dependencies

  • The generation of stable genetically modified organisms
  • Identity of virulence factors in PRRSV
  • Identity of immunomodulators in PRRSV