Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE) Vaccine as Booster Vaccine in Adults

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of VEE vaccine, C-84, TSI-GSD 205, Lot 7, Run 1, and collect data on the incidence of occupational VEE infection in vaccinated personnel.

Timeline

Start

2021-06

Primary completion

2023-12

Completion

2024-12

Publications

• Background Rossi AL. Rural epidemic encephalitis in Venezuela caused by a group A arbovirus (VEE). Prog Med Virol. 1967;9:176-203. No abstract available.
• Background Casals J, Curnen EC, Thomas L. VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS IN MAN. J Exp Med. 1943 Jun 1;77(6):521-30. doi: 10.1084/jem.77.6.521.
• Background Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Venezuelan equine encephalitis--Colombia, 1995. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Oct 6;44(39):721-4.
• Background Edelman R, Ascher MS, Oster CN, Ramsburg HH, Cole FE, Eddy GA. Evaluation in humans of a new, inactivated vaccine for Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (C-84). J Infect Dis. 1979 Nov;140(5):708-15. doi: 10.1093/infdis/140.5.708.
• Background Franck PT, Johnson KM. An outbreak of Venezuelan encephalitis in man in the Panama Canal Zone. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1970 Sep;19(5):860-5. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1970.19.860. No abstract available.
• Background Hinman AR, McGowan JE Jr, Henderson BE. Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis: surveys of human illness during an epizootic in Guatemala and El Salvador. Am J Epidemiol. 1971 Feb;93(2):130-6. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121233. No abstract available.
• Background Johnson KM, Martin DH. Venezuelan equine encephalitis. Adv Vet Sci Comp Med. 1974;18(0):79-116. No abstract available.
• Background Pittman PR, Makuch RS, Mangiafico JA, Cannon TL, Gibbs PH, Peters CJ. Long-term duration of detectable neutralizing antibodies after administration of live-attenuated VEE vaccine and following booster vaccination with inactivated VEE vaccine. Vaccine. 1996 Mar;14(4):337-43. doi: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)00168-z.
• Background Rivas F, Diaz LA, Cardenas VM, Daza E, Bruzon L, Alcala A, De la Hoz O, Caceres FM, Aristizabal G, Martinez JW, Revelo D, De la Hoz F, Boshell J, Camacho T, Calderon L, Olano VA, Villarreal LI, Roselli D, Alvarez G, Ludwig G, Tsai T. Epidemic Venezuelan equine encephalitis in La Guajira, Colombia, 1995. J Infect Dis. 1997 Apr;175(4):828-32. doi: 10.1086/513978.
• Background SANMARTIN-BARBERI C, GROOT H, OSORNO-MESA E. Human epidemic in Colombia caused by the Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1954 Mar;3(2):283-93. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1954.3.283. No abstract available.
• Background Weaver SC, Bellew LA, Rico-Hesse R. Phylogenetic analysis of alphaviruses in the Venezuelan equine encephalitis complex and identification of the source of epizootic viruses. Virology. 1992 Nov;191(1):282-90. doi: 10.1016/0042-6822(92)90190-z.
• Background Young NA, Johnson KM. Antigenic variants of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus: their geographic distribution and epidemiologic significance. Am J Epidemiol. 1969 Mar;89(3):286-307. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a120942. No abstract available.
• Results Martin DH, Eddy GA, Sudia WD, Reeves WC, Newhouse VF, Johnson KM. An epidemiologic study of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in Costa Rica, 1970. Am J Epidemiol. 1972 Jun;95(6):565-78. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a121426. No abstract available.

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