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mRNA Vaccine Against Japanese Encephalitis Virus Genotype IV Protects Against Lethal Infection.
Viruses - 28 Jan 2026
Cox Abigail L, Nguyen Wilson, Wales-Earl Lucy, Tang Bing, Yan Kexin, Peters Jonathan, Khromykh Alexander A, Tropée Romain, McMillan Nigel A J, Suhrbier Andreas, Rawle Daniel J
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In 2022, Australia saw an unprecedented outbreak of Japanese encephalitis virus genotype IV (JEV GIV). The outbreak involved 42 human cases with 7 fatalities, as well as affecting >80 pig farms in New South Wales and Queensland. Herein, we designed, constructed, and tested two JEV GIV mRNA vaccines encoding prME, which provided protection against a lethal JEV GIV challenge in an Ifnar-/- mouse model. The vaccines...
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