Safety of and Immune Response to a Dengue Virus Vaccine (rDEN4delta30-200,201) in Healthy Adults

Summary

Dengue fever, which is caused by dengue viruses, is a major health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The purpose of this study is to test the safety of and immune response to a new dengue virus vaccine in healthy adults.

Timeline

Start

2006-06

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Background Durbin AP, Whitehead SS, McArthur J, Perreault JR, Blaney JE Jr, Thumar B, Murphy BR, Karron RA. rDEN4delta30, a live attenuated dengue virus type 4 vaccine candidate, is safe, immunogenic, and highly infectious in healthy adult volunteers. J Infect Dis. 2005 Mar 1;191(5):710-8. doi: 10.1086/427780. Epub 2005 Jan 27.
• Background Guzman MG, Mune M, Kouri G. Dengue vaccine: priorities and progress. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2004 Dec;2(6):895-911. doi: 10.1586/14789072.2.6.895.
• Background Malavige GN, Fernando S, Fernando DJ, Seneviratne SL. Dengue viral infections. Postgrad Med J. 2004 Oct;80(948):588-601. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.019638.
• Background Rothman AL. Dengue: defining protective versus pathologic immunity. J Clin Invest. 2004 Apr;113(7):946-51. doi: 10.1172/JCI21512.
• Background Sun W, Edelman R, Kanesa-Thasan N, Eckels KH, Putnak JR, King AD, Houng HS, Tang D, Scherer JM, Hoke CH Jr, Innis BL. Vaccination of human volunteers with monovalent and tetravalent live-attenuated dengue vaccine candidates. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Dec;69(6 Suppl):24-31. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.6_suppl.0690024.

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