Adaptation of attenuated infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) to embryonic kidney cells and vaccine thereby produced
AssigneeAuburn University
InventorHaroldo E. Toro
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods for preparing a vaccine against infection by infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). The methods typically include passing a heterogeneous attenuated population of IBV in chicken embryonic kidney cells, and optionally may include further passaging the heterogeneous attenuated population of IBV in embryonated chicken eggs (ECE) in order to obtain passaged attenuated population of IBV. Also disclosed are passaged attenuated populations of IBV in which the populations display a desired degree of homogeneity. Also disclosed are vaccines comprising the passaged attenuated populations of IBV and methods of vaccination comprising administering the disclosed vaccines.
Claims9
A vaccine comprising a passaged attenuated population of IBV strain ArkDPI and a suitable carrier or excipient, wherein the passaged attenuated population of IBV strain ArkDPI exhibits at least about 95% homogeneity at one or more amino acid positions in the S1 polypeptide including Arg at amino acid position 323 of the S1 polypeptide.
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