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Status of group B streptococcal vaccine development.

ABSTRACT: Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus, GBS) is a leading causal organism of neonatal invasive diseases and severe infections in the elderly. Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of GBS infections and improvement in personal hygiene standards, this pathogen is still a global health concern. Thus, an effective vaccine against GBS would augment existing strategies to substantially decrease GBS infection. In 2014, World Health Organization convened the first meeting for consultation on GBS vaccine development, focusing on the GBS maternal immunization program, which was aimed at reducing infections in neonates and young infants worldwide. Here, we review the history of GBS infections, the current vaccine candidates, and the current status of immunogenicity assays used to evaluate the clinical efficacy of GBS vaccines.

SUBMITTER: Lin SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5795048 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Status of group B streptococcal vaccine development.

Lin Shun Mei SM Zhi Yong Y Ahn Ki Bum KB Lim Sangyong S Seo Ho Seong HS

Clinical and experimental vaccine research 20180129 1

<i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> (group B streptococcus, GBS) is a leading causal organism of neonatal invasive diseases and severe infections in the elderly. Despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of GBS infections and improvement in personal hygiene standards, this pathogen is still a global health concern. Thus, an effective vaccine against GBS would augment existing strategies to substantially decrease GBS infection. In 2014, World Health Organization convened the first m ...[more]

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Project description:Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a leading cause of human neonatal bacterial disease, resulting in pneumonia, sepsis, meningitis and sometimes, death. Supportive preclinical studies of GBS capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-protein conjugate vaccines have led to several phase 1 and phase 2 trials in healthy, non-pregnant adults, which demonstrated that the vaccines, produced at the Channing Laboratory, were safe and immunogenic. However, evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of a GBS conjugate vaccine administered to pregnant women demanded that it be manufactured under current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) and that it undergo developmental toxicity evaluation. In this report, we describe a GBS type III CPS-tetanus toxoid (III-TT) vaccine lot 3-1-96 manufactured and vialed under cGMP and our evaluation of the effect of this vaccine and of GBS type III CPS-specific antibody on conception and early- and late-stage fetal development in rabbits. III-TT lot 3-1-96 was compositionally similar to prototype III-TT lot 91-1, produced under non-GMP, and was potent in a mouse maternal vaccination-neonatal pup challenge model of GBS disease. Four groups of 30 female rabbits each were randomized to receive III-TT lot 3-1-96 vaccine, saline-alum, or combinations of these treatments before and after insemination. The dose of conjugated CPS on a weight basis was 1 microg/kg, mimicking the anticipated actual human dose. Based on the weight of the rabbits, this was 20- to 100-fold greater than the expected human dose. Does were pre-assigned to deliver litters naturally or have their kits delivered by Caesarean-section at gestation day 29, to assess late fetal development. Sera from does and kits were collected, and the presence of type III CPS-specific IgG was confirmed by quantitative ELISA. Based on all assessments, GBS type III-TT lot 3-1-96, nor antibody to it did not affect embryo fetal viability, sex ratio, growth or cause malformations (i.e., it was non-teratogenic). In addition, that III-TT lot 3-1-96 was found to be safe and immunogenic in two clinical studies involving healthy non-pregnant adults supports a clinical evaluation of this vaccine in pregnant women.

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