Volume 8, Number 3, March 2002

Research

Immunization with Heterologous Flaviviruses Protective Against Fatal West Nile Encephalitis

Robert B. Tesh, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa, Hilda Guzman, Tais P. Araujo, and Shu-Yuan Xiao
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

Figure. Summary of mean (±SD) West Nile virus (WNV) titers in daily blood samples from four groups of 10 hamsters each (control, Japanese encephalitis virus [JEV]-immune, St. Louis encephalitis virus [SLEV]-immune, and Yellow fever virus [YFV]-immune) after intraperitoneal inoculation of 10⁴ tissue culture infective dose (TCID)₅₀ of WNV. Mean virus titers are expressed as log₁₀ TCID₅₀/mL of blood.

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