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Cross-protective capacity of Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccines against circulating heterologous JE virus genotypes.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jan 2013
Erra Elina O, Askling Helena Hervius, Yoksan Sutee, Rombo Lars, Riutta Jukka, Vene Sirkka, Lindquist Lars, Vapalahti Olli, Kantele Anu
Abstract excerpt
Current Japanese encephalitis vaccines are derived from strains of genotype III, yet heterologous genotypes are emerging in endemic areas. Inactivated vaccines given to European travelers were found to elicit protective levels of neutralizing antibodies against heterologous strains of genotypes I-IV.
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