Research Article

Mucosal Immunization Induces a Higher Level of Lasting Neutralizing Antibody Response in Mice by a Replication-Competent Smallpox Vaccine: Vaccinia Tiantan Strain

Table 1

Neutralizing antibody titer from different time points after VTT vaccination and MVTT-S Challenges.

Groupsi.m.i.n.i.o.s.c.placebo

Vaccination
 VTT (3 weeks)
 VTT (6 months)
NA
NA
428
671
NA
NA
711
2265
NA
NA
2370
2397
NA
NA
32
387
NA
NA
ND
ND

MVTT-S Challenge
 i.m. (1st)
 i.m. (2nd)
 i.n. (1st)
 i.n. (2nd)
 i.o. (1st)
 i.o. (2nd)
ND
2732
ND
ND
ND
ND
3288
6280
2065
1587
4555
2362
ND
9369
ND
ND
ND
ND
5249
5210
5141
2944
4937
5148
ND
936
ND
ND
ND
ND
4742
4721
6838
6205
2601
4901
ND
1598
ND
1026
ND
2710
333
1386
520
350
35
221
ND
14261
ND
8251
ND
21523
46
718
349
1004
101
1014

The values of anti-S IC50 are in bold whereas the values of anti-VTT IC50 are not. NA: not applied; ND: not detected.