243 results about "Japanese encephalitis viruses" patented technology

The invention includes a chimeric virus for use in a vaccine preparation having a genome comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding at least one structural protein from one flavivirus and nucleic acid sequences encoding nonstructural protein from another flavivirus. The genome preferably includes mutations within the viral genome that reduce virus virulence and in a particularly preferred embodiment these vaccines are directed to flaviviruses such as dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus and Japanese encephalitis virus. The invention also includes a baculovirus having a recombinant dengue cDNA sequence which encodes: (1) dengue virus capsid protein, pre-matrix protein, envelope glycoprotein and NS1 and NS2a nonstructural proteins or (2) dengue envelope glycoprotein or (3) dengue non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2a. The invention further includes a baculovirus having a recombinant Japanese B encephalitis virus cDNA sequence which encodes the Japanese B encephalitis virus capsid protein, pre-matrix protein, envelope glycoprotein and non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2a. The invention further includes a vaccine and a method to produce that vaccine.

The present invention provides a rapid and sensitive method for the detection of a West Nile virus (WNV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) and Dengue virus (DENV) and antibodies directed against thereof involving contacting a biological specimen suspected of being infected with WNV, JE, SLE or DEN with a substantially purified and isolated WNV E glycoprotein or subfragment thereof having a native conformation wherein the E glycoprotein or subfragment thereof has a reactivity with antibodies against WNV and a cross-reactivity with antibodies against JEV, SLEV and DENV. The instant invention further provides a rapid, sensitive, and consistent method for the specific detection of WNV by employing diagnostic assays having the antigen NS5 which is specifically reactive with anti-WNV antibodies but not cross-reactive with antibodies against other flaviviruses such as JEV, SLEV, or DENV. The present invention also provides a rapid, sensitive, and consistent method for the specific detection of DENV by employing diagnostic assays having the antigen NS5 which is specifically reactive with anti-DENV antibodies but do not cross-react with antibodies against other flaviviruses such as JEV, SLEV, or WNV. Further, the DENV NS5 antigens are serospecific and do not cross react with antibodies to other DENV strains. Thus, the method of the present invention provides a manner by which to discriminate infections by each DENV strain. Further, diagnostic kits for carrying out the methods are provided. The methods and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention are rapid and require as little as 10 minutes to detect a result.

The invention includes a chimeric virus for use in a vaccine preparation having a genome comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding at least one structural protein from one flavivirus and nucleic acid sequences encoding nonstructural protein from another flavivirus. The genome preferably includes mutations within the viral genome that reduce virus virulence and in a particularly preferred embodiment these vaccines are directed to flaviviruses such as dengue virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus and Japanese encephalitis virus. The invention also includes a baculovirus having a recombinant dengue cDNA sequence which encodes: (1) dengue virus capsid protein, pre-matrix protein, envelope glycoprotein and NS1 and NS2a nonstructural proteins or (2) dengue envelope glycoprotein or (3) dengue non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2a. The invention further includes a baculovirus having a recombinant Japanese B encephalitis virus cDNA sequence which encodes the Japanese B encephalitis virus capsid protein, pre-matrix protein, envelope glycoprotein and non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2a. The invention further includes a vaccine and a method to produce that vaccine.

The invention provides attenuated Flavivirus vaccines, such as vaccines against Japanese encephalitis virus and West Nile virus, as well as methods of making and using these vaccines.

Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain thienopyridine derivative compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Compounds, methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods for preparing the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.

Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating viral infections, by administering certain compounds in therapeutically effective amounts are disclosed. Methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are also disclosed. In particular, the treatment and prophylaxis of viral infections such as caused by flavivirus is disclosed, i.e., including but not limited to, Dengue virus, West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.

The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules containing transcription units which encode the flavivirus M and E protein antigens. The flaviviruses include Japanese encephalitis virus, dengue, yellow fever virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus. The nucleic acids function to provide the M and E protein antigens when the nucleic acid resides in an appropriate host cell, especially when the host cell is the cell of a subject. The invention also encompasses a vaccine whose active agent is the nucleic acid. The invention further encompasses the cultured host cells when they contain within them nucleic acid molecules containing the transcription units. The invention in addition encompasses a method of immunizing a subject against flavivirus infection by administering to the subject an effective amount of a vaccine containing a nucleic acid molecule containing the transcription unit of the invention.

The present invention provides a novel inactivated virus particle and a reinforced immunogen which have a reinforced titer about twice to about 10 times that of a conventional vaccine, as well as a method for producing the same. The inactivated virus particle is produced by inactivating and then purifying a culture by physical means. The inactivated virus particle of the present invention is useful in a diagnostic agent for infectious disease caused by a group of Japanese encephalitis virus.

The invention discloses application of leflunomide, teriflunomide, brequinar and derivatives thereof to treatment of virus infection, especially RNA virus infection. RNA viruses include but are not limited to influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial viruses, hand, foot and mouth viruses (EV71), dengue viruses (type-2 dengue viruses), Zika viruses and Japanese encephalitis viruses. The medicines have broad-spectrum and excellent antiviral activity and have relatively low toxicity to normal cells.

Applicants have used microarrays, gene expression profiling, and gene silencing methods to identify and provide a plurality of ‘validated’ virus-induced cellular gene sequences (e.g., HMG20B, HRH1, NP and c-YES (src family kinases)) and pathways useful as therapeutic targets for modulation of viral-mediated cellular effects. Particular embodiments provide therapeutic compositions, and methods for modulation of viral infection, replication, maturation, progression, or other virally-related conditions or diseases, comprising inhibition of virally-induced gene sequences and gene products. Additional embodiments provide screening assays for compounds useful to modulate viral infection, replication, maturation or progression, or viral-related conditions or diseases. Further embodiments provide diagnostic and/or prognostic assays for viral infection, replication, maturation or progression. Preferably, the viruses all selected from the group consisting of retroviruses (e.g., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and viruses of the family Flaviviridae that includes the flaviviruses (e.g., West Nile virus (WNV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), yellow fever virus (YFV) and Dengue fever virus (DEN)), and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

The invention provides a vaccine composition, a preparation method and an application thereof. The vaccine composition includes: an immune dose of porcine circovirus 2-type antigen, an immune dose of porcine Japanese encephalitis virus antigen, an immune dose of porcine parvovirus antigen and an adjuvant. The vaccine composition can effectively prevent and cure postweaning piglet multisystemic syndrome and sow reproduction dysfunctional diseases which are caused by 2-type porcine circovirus, porcine Japanese encephalitis virus and porcine parvovirus. An immune effect of the vaccine composition is better than that of a single vaccine. The vaccine composition is little in side effects, is high in valence of a serum antibody, has a long immune period, can save time and labor intensity, has a small stress response to a pig, can simplify immunity processes and can reduce production cost and prevention cost.

Methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating a Flavivirus infection in a subject are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a Flavivirus inhibitor, e.g., a Flavivirus serine protease inhibitor. These methods are useful in treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating Flavivurs infections such as, for example, West Nile Virus, Dengue Virus, and Japanese Encephalitis Virus.

The invention discloses a Japanese encephalitis vaccine prepared by human embryonic lung fibroblasts and a preparation method thereof, comprising culture and expansion of the human embryonic lung fibroblasts. The method comprises the following steps: Japanese encephalitis virus strain P3, strain SA14-14-2 or strain Nakayama is naturalized and inoculated to fit the human embryonic lung fibroblasts, and the seeds of Japanese encephalitis viruses are prepared on the human embryonic lung fibroblasts; wherein, an inactivated Japanese encephalitis vaccine also comprises the steps of harvesting viruses, inactivating viruses, concentrating, purifying and the like; an attenuated live vaccine also comprises the steps of harvesting viruses, concentrating, purifying and the like. Due to being prepared by healthy human embryonic lung fibroblasts, the two kinds of Japanese encephalitis vaccines do not contain any adventitious pollution agent and tumorigenicity, has high purity after being purified and has the advantages of good immune effect and high security. The preparation method of the invention is suitable for large-scale industrial production and can meet the preparation processes of Japanese encephalitis vaccines required by domestic and abroad markets.

A heteropentamer composed of a fusion monomer (32) comprising a fusion protein of an antigenic amino acid sequence and an amino acid sequence of a monomer of a mucous membrane-binding protein and a nonfusion monomer (20) of an amino acid sequence of a monomer of a mucous membrane-binding protein. A homopentamer composed of a fusion monomer including a fusion protein of an antigen derived from an envelope protein of Japanese encephalitis virus and an amino acid sequence of a monomer of a mucous membrane-binding protein. These heteropentamer and the homopentamer can be used as a vaccine.

The invention discloses an EIII-indirect ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay) antibody detection kit for detecting a swine Japanese encephalitis virus and an application thereof. The kit disclosed by the invention consists of an elisa plate which takes a purified JEV-EIII protein as an envelope antigen, a cleaning liquid, a serum diluent, rabbit anti-pig elisa secondary antibody, a primer developing liquid, a stop buffer, a JEV positive serum and a JEV negative serum. The envelope antigen used by the invention is easy to be obtained stably and massively, the purifying method is simple and easy to realize, and concentration of recombinant proteins is easy to test and control, thereby facilitating industrialized production on a large scale. The kit disclosed by the invention is used for detecting the swine Japanese encephalitis virus antibody, and the detection coincidence rate with the ELISA kit in the prior art is 90%. The kit disclosed by the invention is convenient to operate, high in sensitivity, good in specificity, low in using cost, good in repeatability and suitable for popularization and application, and provides a reliable means for clinical rapid detection of the JEV antibody.

A recombinant viral construct for expressing an exogenous polypeptide in a cell and uses thereof are provided. The recombinant viral constructs are derived from Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). The recombinant viral constructs encodes a fusion protein, which includes an exogenous (i.e., non-JEV) polypeptide and a JEV non-structural protein 1 (JEV NS1) or a segment thereof. Particularly, the exogenous polypeptide is inserted into the carboxyl-terminus of the JEV NS1, and the production of the recombinant fusion protein does not affect viral replication. Upon infection a cell with such recombinant viral constructs, JEV particles comprising limited multiplicative virions (LMV) may be produced. Each LMV comprises the as-described JEV replicon. The JEV particles are useful in eliciting an immune response to the exogenous polypeptide in a host and thereby confer the host with protective immunization against the exogenous polypeptide.