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. 2021 Jan 8;166(1):9–26. doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04920-z

Table 5.

Vaccine efficacy studies against circulating IBV viruses in the MENA region

Challenge strain: acc. no., name, year, genetic lineage Vaccine (strain, time) Bird type & number /group1 Challenge days post last vaccination (dpv), dose, and route Sampling (dpc)2 Protection %3 Regulation4 Reference
Tracheal virus shedding Ciliostasis Ph.Eur. CFR
AF395531, Egypt/ Beni-Seuf-01, 1998, GI-23 H120, WK-3 Com, 15

28 dpv,

105, intraocular

4, 7 20% NT Noa,b Noa,b [44]
Unavailable, IS/885/00 like, --, GI-23 H120 & CR88, D-1 & D-14 Com, 30 16 dpv, 104.6, oculo-nasal 5 NT 60% Noa,c Noc,e [129]
H120+CR88 &CR88, D-1&D-14 NT 83%
Unavailable, IS/1494/06, --, GI-23 H120 &CR88, D-1 & D-14

16 dpv, 105,

oculo-nasal

5 NT 80%
H120+CR88 & CR88, D-1 & D-14 NT 94%
Unavailable, Israel variant 2 like, --, GI-23 IBMM (Mass 1263) & QX-like, D-1 & D-14 SPF, 20

35 dpv, 104,

oculo-nasal

5 NT 50% Yes Nob,e [130]
H120 + D274 & QX-like, D-1 & D-14

35 dpv, 104,

oculo-nasal

NT 70%
H120 + D274, D-1

21 dpv, 104,

oculo-nasal

NT 61%
Unavailable, IS/1494/06 like, --, GI-23 H120, D-1 & D-14 SPF, 20

21 dpv, 104,

ocular

5 NI 60% Noe Noe [131]
H120 & 1/96, D-1 & D-14 NI 69.2%
MG334195, EG/ M41-ME01, 2011, GI-1 IB-M41, D-1 SPF, 20

21 dpv, 105,

nasal

7 100% 100% Yes Yes [110]
H120, D-1 100% 100%
JQ839287, Eg/1212B, 2012, GI-23 EGY-VARII, D-1 100% 90%
KU979007.1, IB/1212B, 2012, GI-23 IB-M41 & EGY-VARII, D-1 & D-14 SPF, 20

14 dpv, 105,

nasal

7 60% 100% Yesc Yesc [107]
EGY-VARII, D-1 & D-14 60% 100%
EGY-VARII &M41, D-1 & D-14 40% 80%
IB-Ma5 &IB-793B, D-1 & D-14 20% 60%
IB-793B, D-1 & D-14 40% 50%
IB-793B &IB-Ma5, D-1 & D-14 40% 50%

1 Com., commercial; SPF, specific-pathogen-free

2 dpc, days post-challenge

3 Protection % as indicated by % of birds not shedding the virus and protection as per ciliostasis test. NT, not tested; NI, not indicated in the study

4 Ph. Eur., European pharmacopeia regulations; CFR, Code of Federal Regulations.

Superscript letters indicate fulfilled versus unfulfilled regulation as follows: aType of bird (Ph. Eur. SPF bird/CFR susceptible bird); b Number of birds per group (20 birds); c Challenge date post-vaccination (21 dpv); d Sampling date post-challenge (Ph. Eur.:4 to 7 dpc /CFR: 5 dpc); e Test method (Ph. Eur.: ciliostasis or virus re-isolation from each bird/CFR; virus re-isolation from each bird)