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23 October 2015 Protective Efficacy of the Inactivated H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Re-6 Against Different Clades of H5N1 Viruses Isolated in China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Xianying Zeng, Guohua Deng, Liling Liu, Yanbing Li, Jianzhong Shi, Pucheng Chen, Huapeng Feng, Jingli Liu, Xingfu Guo, Shenggang Mao, Fan Yang, Zhiyu Chen, Guobin Tian, Hualan Chen
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Abstract

An inactivated H5N1 avian influenza (AI) vaccine (Re-6) that bears the HA and NA genes from a clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 virus, A/duck/Guangdong/S1322/10 (DK/GD/S1322/10), has been used in domestic poultry in China and other Southeast Asian countries to control clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1viruses since 2012. The efficacy of this vaccine against H5N1 viruses isolated in recent years has not been reported. In this study, we evaluated the protection efficacy of the Re-6 vaccine in chickens against challenge with four clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 viruses, one clade 2.3.4.4 H5N1 virus, and one clade 7.2 H5N1 virus; these viruses were isolated in mainland China, Hong Kong, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea between 2011 and 2015. The vaccinated chickens were completely protected (no disease signs, virus shedding, or death) from the challenge with the four clade 2.3.2.1 H5N1 viruses. In the clade 7.2 virus–challenged group, all of the vaccinated chickens remained healthy and survived for the entire 2-wk observation period; virus shedding was only detected from 1 of 10 chickens on day 3 postchallenge. In the clade 2.3.4.4 virus–challenged group, 8 of the 10 vaccinated chickens remained healthy and survived the 2-wk observation period; however, virus shedding was detected from 8 of 10 chickens on day 5 postchallenge. These results indicate that the Re-6 vaccine provides solid protection against clade 2.3.2.1, good protection against clade 7.2, and poor protection against clade 2.3.4.4.

© 2016 American Association of Avian Pathologists
Xianying Zeng, Guohua Deng, Liling Liu, Yanbing Li, Jianzhong Shi, Pucheng Chen, Huapeng Feng, Jingli Liu, Xingfu Guo, Shenggang Mao, Fan Yang, Zhiyu Chen, Guobin Tian, and Hualan Chen "Protective Efficacy of the Inactivated H5N1 Influenza Vaccine Re-6 Against Different Clades of H5N1 Viruses Isolated in China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," Avian Diseases 60(1s), 238-240, (23 October 2015). https://doi.org/10.1637/11178-051915-ResNote
Received: 22 May 2015; Accepted: 1 August 2015; Published: 23 October 2015
KEYWORDS
avian influenza
H5N1 subtype
inactivated vaccine
protective efficacy
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