Abstract

A vaccine against Ebola virus would be highly significant in preventing outbreaks which are both naturally occurring or the result of bioterrorist activity. Modifications to previously developed Ebola vaccines were made during the past year to improve expression and immunogenicity.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01AI005079-01
Application #
7189319
Study Section
(BR)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2005
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Niaid Extramural Activities
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
State
Country
United States
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  Publications

Fausther-Bovendo, Hugues; Mulangu, Sabue; Sullivan, Nancy J (2012) Ebolavirus vaccines for humans and apes. Curr Opin Virol 2:324-9
Oswald, Wendelien B; Geisbert, Thomas W; Davis, Kelly J et al. (2007) Neutralizing antibody fails to impact the course of Ebola virus infection in monkeys. PLoS Pathog 3:e9
Yu, Jae-Sung; Liao, Hua-Xin; Gerdon, Aren E et al. (2006) Detection of Ebola virus envelope using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies in ELISA, surface plasmon resonance and a quartz crystal microbalance immunosensor. J Virol Methods 137:219-28
Sullivan, Nancy J; Geisbert, Thomas W; Geisbert, Joan B et al. (2006) Immune protection of nonhuman primates against Ebola virus with single low-dose adenovirus vectors encoding modified GPs. PLoS Med 3:e177
Martin, Julie E; Sullivan, Nancy J; Enama, Mary E et al. (2006) A DNA vaccine for Ebola virus is safe and immunogenic in a phase I clinical trial. Clin Vaccine Immunol 13:1267-77
Chandran, Kartik; Sullivan, Nancy J; Felbor, Ute et al. (2005) Endosomal proteolysis of the Ebola virus glycoprotein is necessary for infection. Science 308:1643-5
Jones, Steven M; Feldmann, Heinz; Stroher, Ute et al. (2005) Live attenuated recombinant vaccine protects nonhuman primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses. Nat Med 11:786-90
Sullivan, Nancy J; Peterson, Mary; Yang, Zhi-yong et al. (2005) Ebola virus glycoprotein toxicity is mediated by a dynamin-dependent protein-trafficking pathway. J Virol 79:547-53