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. 2005 Jan 14;23(17):2273–2279. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.033

Table 1.

Antibody response and virus detection following rMVA immunization and SARS-CoV challenge

Ferret numbers Immunogens Days post vaccination
Days post challenge
0 7 14a 21 28 3–5 7–9 12–14 19–21 27–29
Part A
 1 MVA NA + ++ ++ NA +++ ++++
 2 MVA + + ++ ++ ++++ ++
 3 MVA + + +++ ++++ ++++
 4 rMVA-N + ++ ++++ ++
 5 rMVA-N ++ ++++ +++ ++
 6 rMVA-N ++++ ++++ ++++
 7 rMVA-S + ++ ++++ ++++ +++ +++
 8 rMVA-S + + + +++ +++ ++++ +++
 9 rMVA-S + + ++ ++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++ ++++
 10 PBS NA + ++ ++++ ++
 11 PBS ++ +++ ++++ +++
 12 PBS + + +++ +++ ++++



Part B
 1 MVA 320 320 160 320
 2 MVA 20 160 160 640 640
 3 MVA 40 160 320 640 640
 4 rMVA-N 320 320 160 1280
 5 rMVA-N 320 160 640 640
 6 rMVA-N 40 80 1280 1280 1280
 7 rMVA-S 40 20 1280 1280 640 640
 8 rMVA-S 20 40 80 1280 640 640 1280
 9 rMVA-S 20 640 2560 320 1280 1280
 10 PBS - 320 320 1280 1280
 11 PBS 320 320 640 1280
 12 PBS 20 80 320 1280 1280
Ferret numbers
Immunogen
Blood*
Pharyngeal*
Feces*
1–3 4–6 8–10 13–15 20–22 27–29 1–3 4–6 8–10 13–15 20–22 27–29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Part C
 1 MVA + + + + + + +
 2 MVA + + + + + + + + + +
 3 MVA + + + +
 4 rMVA-N + + + + + +
 5 rMVA-N + + + + + + + + +
 6 rMVA-N + + + + + +
 7 rMVA-S + + + + + + + +
 8 rMVA-S + + + + + + + + + + + +
 9 rMVA-S + + + + + + +
 10 PBS + + + + + +
 11 PBS + + + + + + + + + + +
 12 PBS + + + + + +

Part A: antibody response determined by ELISA; a, the day booster immunization given; the ELISA results were determined as P/N ratios (positive/negative ratios): ‘–‘=P/N < 1.79, ‘+’=P/N between 1.79 and 4.00, ‘++’=P/N between 4.00 and 8.00, ‘+++’=P/N between 8.00 and 12.00, ‘++++’= P/N > 12.00. Part B: neutralizing antibody responses determined by mPRNT; the lowest dilution used was 1/20; ‘–‘=negative. Part C: detection of viral RNA by RT-PCR from blood, pharyngeal swabs and feces; ‘–’=negative with both primer pairs (as described in Section 2); ‘+’=positive with one or both of the primer pairs; ‘*’, specimens collected days post challenge.