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Infection and immunity1972; 5(5); 750-756; doi: 10.1128/iai.5.5.750-756.1972

Experimental infection of horses with an attenuated Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis vaccine (strain TC-83).

Abstract: Ten horses (Equus caballus) were vaccinated with strain TC-83 Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus vaccine. Febrile responses and leukopenia due to a reduction of lymphocytes and neutrophils were observed in all animals. Viremias were demonstrable in eight horses, with a maximum of 10(3.5) median tissue culture infectious dose units per ml of serum in two horses. Clinical illness with depression and anorexia were observed in five horses. Neutralizing (N), hemagglutination-inhibiting, and complement-fixing antibodies to the vaccine virus were demonstrable by 5, 6.5, and 7 days, respectively, after vaccination. Differential titrations of serum to six VEE strains revealed high titers of N antibody to vaccine virus, moderate titers to the epizootic Trinidad donkey no. 1 strain (VEE antigenic subtype I, variant A) from which TC-83 was derived, and low titers to two other epizootic strains (subtype I, variants B and C) in all horses at 1 month after vaccination; some animals responded with low levels of N antibody to the enzootic viruses (subtype I, variants D and E). Fourteen months after vaccination, six animals with detectable N antibody were challenged with MF-8 (subtype I, variant B), an epidemic-epizootic strain isolated in 1969 from a man in Honduras. All horses resisted challenge with the equine pathogenic strain of VEE. Marked increases of N antibody in most horses were demonstrable to some VEE strains when tested 1 month after challenge.
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Publication Date: 1972-05-01 PubMed ID: 4637604PubMed Central: PMC422435DOI: 10.1128/iai.5.5.750-756.1972Google Scholar: Lookup
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The research article presents a study on the effects of the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus vaccine strain TC-83 on ten horses. The researchers found that all horses exhibited fever and leukopenia, and most had viremias post-vaccination. Nevertheless, the salient result is that all horses developed immunity and resisted a subsequent challenge with another VEE strain.

Introduction

  • The study focuses on the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis (VEE) virus, a mosquito-borne virus affecting horses and potentially causing neurological disease in humans.
  • The authors aim to test how a strain TC-83 VEE vaccine affects horses, and whether it can effectively stimulate immunity against subsequent VEE virus challenges.

Experiment

  • The authors vaccinated ten horses with the VEE TC-83 strain vaccine.
  • Following vaccination, they noted that all horses exhibited febrile responses (fever) and leukopenia, a decrease in the number of white blood cells, attributed to reduced lymphocytes and neutrophils.
  • Viremias (presences of virus in the blood stream) were reported in eight horses.
  • Clinical illness presenting as depression and anorexia were observed in five horses.

Immunity Response

  • Neutralizing antibodies to the vaccine virus in the horses were identified by day five after vaccination. These antibodies help protect against the virus by neutralizing its effects.
  • Additionally, other antibodies – hemagglutination-inhibiting and complement-fixing – were demonstrated by day 6.5 and day 7, respectively.
  • High levels of neutralizing antibody to the vaccine virus, moderate levels to the Trinidad donkey no. 1 strain (from which TC-83 is derived), and low levels to two other strains were reported in all horses after one month following vaccination.
  • Fourteen months after vaccination, the horses were challenged with an epidemic-epizootic strain isolated from a patient in Honduras.

Conclusions

  • All the horses resisted the challenge with this strain, demonstrating the effectiveness of the vaccination in stimulating long-term immunity against different VEE virus strains.
  • The results show potential for the use of strain TC-83 VEE vaccine to protect horses, and potentially humans, from different forms of VEE virus.

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APA
Walton TE, Alvarez O, Buckwalter RM, Johnson KM. (1972). Experimental infection of horses with an attenuated Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis vaccine (strain TC-83). Infect Immun, 5(5), 750-756. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.5.5.750-756.1972

Publication

Infection and immunity
ISSN: 0019-9567
NlmUniqueID: 0246127
Country: United States
Language: English
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
Pages: 750-756

Researcher Affiliations

Walton, T E
    Alvarez, O
      Buckwalter, R M
        Johnson, K M

          MeSH Terms

          • Animals
          • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
          • Body Temperature
          • Complement Fixation Tests
          • Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / immunology
          • Encephalomyelitis, Equine / immunology
          • Encephalomyelitis, Equine / prevention & control
          • Hemagglutination Tests
          • Horses
          • Immunity
          • Leukopenia / etiology
          • Male
          • Proteinuria / etiology
          • Time Factors
          • Vaccination
          • Viral Vaccines / adverse effects
          • Viral Vaccines / therapeutic use

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