Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of a Dengue Virus Vaccine in Healthy Adults

Summary

Dengue viruses can cause dengue illness ranging from a mild illness to life-threatening disease. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the protective effectiveness of a dengue virus vaccine in healthy adults.

Timeline

Start

2013-11

Primary completion

2015-03

Completion

2015-12

Publications

• Hanley JP, Tu HA, Dragon JA, Dickson DM, Rio-Guerra RD, Tighe SW, Eckstrom KM, Selig N, Scarpino SV, Whitehead SS, Durbin AP, Pierce KK, Kirkpatrick BD, Rizzo DM, Frietze S, Diehl SA. Immunotranscriptomic profiling the acute and clearance phases of a human challenge dengue virus serotype 2 infection model. Nat Commun. 2021 May 24;12(1):3054. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22930-6.
• Nivarthi UK, Swanstrom J, Delacruz MJ, Patel B, Durbin AP, Whitehead SS, Kirkpatrick BD, Pierce KK, Diehl SA, Katzelnick L, Baric RS, de Silva AM. A tetravalent live attenuated dengue virus vaccine stimulates balanced immunity to multiple serotypes in humans. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 17;12(1):1102. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21384-0.
• Larsen CP, Whitehead SS, Durbin AP. Dengue human infection models to advance dengue vaccine development. Vaccine. 2015 Dec 10;33(50):7075-82. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.052. Epub 2015 Sep 28.

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