Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

A live measles-vectored COVID-19 vaccine induces strong immunity and protection from SARS-CoV-2 challenge in mice and hamsters

  • Phanramphoei N. Frantz,
  • Aleksandr Barinov,
  • Claude Ruffié,
  • Chantal Combredet,
  • Valérie Najburg,
  • Guilherme Dias de Melo,
  • Florence Larrous,
  • Lauriane Kergoat,
  • Samaporn Teeravechyan,
  • Anan Jongkaewwattana,
  • Emmanuelle Billon-Denis,
  • Jean-Nicolas Tournier,
  • Matthieu Prot,
  • Laurine Levillayer,
  • Laurine Conquet,
  • Xavier Montagutelli,
  • Magali Tichit,
  • David Hardy,
  • Priyanka Fernandes,
  • Hélène Strick-Marchand,
  • James Di Santo,
  • Etienne Simon-Lorière,
  • Hervé Bourhy,
  • Frédéric Tangy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26506-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Here the authors generate a measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARSCoV-2 spike protein and show immunogenicity and protection in mice and hamsters, including neutralization of circulating variants of concerns in vitro.