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Contamination of live attenuated vaccines with an infectious feline endogenous retrovirus (RD-114 virus)

Overview of attention for article published in Archives of Virology, September 2013
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Title
Contamination of live attenuated vaccines with an infectious feline endogenous retrovirus (RD-114 virus)
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Archives of Virology, September 2013
DOI 10.1007/s00705-013-1809-1
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Rokusuke Yoshikawa, Sayumi Shimode, Shoichi Sakaguchi, Takayuki Miyazawa

Abstract

Retroviruses are classified as exogenous and endogenous retroviruses according to the mode of transmission. Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are retroviruses which have been integrated into germ-line cells and inherited from parents to offspring. Most ERVs are inactivated by deletions and mutations; however, certain ERVs maintain their infectivity and infect the same host and new hosts as exogenous retroviruses. All domestic cats have infectious ERVs, termed RD-114 virus. Several canine and feline attenuated vaccines are manufactured using RD-114 virus-producing cell lines such as Crandell-Rees feline kidney cells; therefore, it is possible that infectious RD-114 virus contaminates live attenuated vaccines. Recently, Japanese and UK research groups found that several feline and canine vaccines were indeed contaminated with infectious RD-114 virus. This was the first incidence of contamination of 'infectious' ERVs in live attenuated vaccines. RD-114 virus replicates efficiently in canine cell lines and primary cells. Therefore, it is possible that RD-114 virus infects dogs following inoculation with contaminated vaccines and induces proliferative diseases and immune suppression, if it adapts to grow efficiently in dogs. In this review, we summarize the incidence of contamination of RD-114 virus in live attenuated vaccines and potential risks of infection with RD-114 virus in dogs.

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Unknown 14 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 21%
Student > Bachelor 3 21%
Other 2 14%
Researcher 2 14%
Lecturer 1 7%
Other 1 7%
Unknown 2 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 36%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 4 29%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 7%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 7%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 2 14%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 April 2024.
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#4,214,301
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#342
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#35,537
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Outputs of similar age from Archives of Virology
#7
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