Porcine rotaviruses: epidemiology, immune responses and control strategies

AN Vlasova, JO Amimo, LJ Saif - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Rotaviruses (RVs) are a major cause of acute viral gastroenteritis in young animals and
children worldwide. Immunocompetent adults of different species become resistant to …

Strategies for design and application of enteric viral vaccines

KS Chattha, JA Roth, LJ Saif - Annu. Rev. Anim. Biosci., 2015 - annualreviews.org
Enteric viral infections in domestic animals cause significant economic losses. The recent
emergence of virulent enteric coronaviruses [porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV)] in …

Pathogenesis of a genogroup II human norovirus in gnotobiotic pigs

S Cheetham, M Souza, T Meulia, S Grimes… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
We evaluated the gnotobiotic (Gn) pig as a model to study the pathogenesis of human
norovirus (HuNoV) and to determine the target cells for viral replication. Sixty-five Gn pigs …

Cellular and humoral immunity following Snow Mountain virus challenge

L Lindesmith, C Moe, J LePendu, JA Frelinger… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Little is known about the immune response to noroviruses. To elucidate the immunobiology
of norovirus infection in humans, 15 volunteers were challenged with Snow Mountain virus …

VP8 Mosaic Nanoparticles Elicit Cross-Neutralizing Immune Responses and Provide Protection Against Heterotypic Rotavirus Challenge in Mice

F Song, Y Zeng, R Sheng, Y Lin, X Wang, C Hong… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Group A rotaviruses (RVA) remain one of the dominant pathogens causing diarrhea in
children under 5 years of age worldwide, despite a sharp decrease of RVA-associated …

Adjuvants modulating mucosal immune responses or directing systemic responses towards the mucosa

E Cox, F Verdonck, D Vanrompay, B Goddeeris - Veterinary research, 2006 - hal.science
In developing veterinary mucosal vaccines and vaccination strategies, mucosal adjuvants
are one of the key players for inducing protective immune responses. Most of the mucosal …

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of rotavirus 2/6-virus-like particles produced by a dual baculovirus expression vector and administered intramuscularly …

A Bertolotti-Ciarlet, M Ciarlet, SE Crawford, ME Conner… - Vaccine, 2003 - Elsevier
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are being evaluated as a candidate rotavirus vaccine. Rotavirus
VLPs composed of simian SA11 strain VP2 and VP6 proteins (homologous 2/6-VLPs) were …

Cytokine responses in gnotobiotic pigs after infection with virulent or attenuated human rotavirus

MSP Azevedo, L Yuan, S Pouly, AM Gonzales… - Journal of …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
To understand the role of cytokines during rotavirus infection, we assessed the kinetics of
tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)(proinflammatory), IL-12 (Th1 …

Induction of mucosal immune responses and protection against enteric viruses: rotavirus infection of gnotobiotic pigs as a model

L Yuan, LJ Saif - Veterinary immunology and immunopathology, 2002 - Elsevier
Enteric viruses are a major cause of diarrhea in animals and humans. Among them,
rotaviruses are one of the most important causes of diarrhea in young animals and human …

Viremia and nasal and rectal shedding of rotavirus in gnotobiotic pigs inoculated with Wa human rotavirus

MS Azevedo, L Yuan, KI Jeong, A Gonzalez… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Respiratory symptoms with rotavirus shedding in nasopharyngeal secretions have been
reported in children with and without gastrointestinal symptoms (Zheng et al., 1991, J. Med …