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. 2013 Feb 5;3:5. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00005

Table 4.

Summary of killed whole cell vaccine development against B. pseudomallei.

References Bacteria Strain Inactivation mode Immunization Animal model Challenge Percentage survival
Dosage Duration Adjuvant/Additives Route Strain Dosage Route
Healey et al. (2005) B. pseudomallei NCTC 4845 Heat 5.3 × 104 Immunization: 4 weeks Booster: Unknown DC Intradermal BALB/c NCTC 4845 5 × 103 Intranasal 60% at day 35
5 × 103 Monophosphoryl lipid A-trehalose dicorynomycolate
Elvin et al. (2006) B. pseudomallei K96243 Heat 104 Immunization: 3 weeks Booster: 2 weeks DC Intradermal BALB/c K96243, NCTC 4845, and 576 104 Intraperitoneal 20% (K96243), 10% (NCTC 4845), 20% (576) at day 42
DC, CpG 1826 pulse together with immunogen 90% (K96243), 70% (NCTC 4845), 70% (576) at day 42
DC, CpG 1826 as adjuvant 70% (K96243), 60% (NCTC 4845), 60% (576) at day 42
Barnes and Ketheesan (2007) B. pseudomallei NCTC 13179 Heat 290 Immunization: 10 days First booster: 20 days Second booster: 15 days None Subcutaneous BALB/c NCTC 13178 20 Intravenous 0% at day 40
Heat 90 5 μg/4 μL culture filtrate antigens 66.7% at day 40
Sarkar-Tyson et al. (2007) B. pseudomallei K96243 Heat 108 Immunization: 2 weeks First booster: 2 weeks Second booster: 5 weeks None Intraperitoneal BALB/c K9243 6.05 × 104 Intraperitoneal 40% at day 35
K96243 ΔwbiA::kan 80% at day 35
K96243 ΔwcbH::kan 70% at day 35
K96243 ΔBPSS0421:: kan 50% at day 35
K96243 ΔBPSS1833:: kan 50% at day 35
Sarkar-Tyson et al. (2009) B. pseudomallei 576 Heat 107 Immunization: 2 weeks First booster: 2 weeks Second booster: 5 weeks None Intraperitoneal BALB/c K96243 1.4 × 104 Intraperitoneal 50% at day 44
B. pseudomallei K96243 65% at day 44
B. mallei ATCC 23344 70% at day 44
B. thailandensis E27 60% at day 44
Sarkar-Tyson et al. (2009) B. pseudomallei 576 Heat 107 Immunization: 2 weeks First booster: 2 weeks Second booster: 5 weeks None Intraperitoneal BALB/c K96243 92 Aerosol Not specified (1)
B. pseudomallei K96243 Not specified (2)
B. mallei ATCC 23344 Not specified (3)
B. thailandensis E27 Not specified (4)
Henderson et al. (2011) B. pseudomallei 1026b Heat 105 Immunization: 10 days Booster: 14 days None Intranasal BALB/c 1026b 7500 Intranasal 44% at day 40
Cationic liposome complexed with non-coding plasmid DNA 100% at day 40

DC, dendritic cell.

(1) MTTD, 9.75 days; (2) MTTD, 8 days; (3) MTTD, 17.2 days; (4) MTTD = 7.4 days.