Publications by authors named "E Borducchi"

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  • The MVA-BN (Jynneos) vaccine was used during the 2022 mpox outbreak.
  • The WHO declared a new mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 14, 2024, raising concerns about vaccine effectiveness.
  • Research indicates that antibody responses from the MVA-BN vaccination significantly decrease after 6-12 months.
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-specific broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (bNAbs) have to date shown transient viral suppression when administered as monotherapy or as a cocktail of two antibodies. A combination of three bNAbs provides improved neutralization coverage of global viruses, which may more potently suppress viral escape and rebound. Here we performed an open-label, two-part study evaluating a single intravenous dose of HIV-1 bNAbs, PGT121, PGDM1400 and VRC07-523LS, in six adults without HIV in part 1 and a multicenter trial of up to six monthly infusions of these three bNAbs in 12 people living with HIV with an antiretroviral therapy (ART) interruption in part 2.

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Background: The HVTN 705 Imbokodo trial of 2636 people without HIV and assigned female sex at birth, conducted in southern Africa, evaluated a heterologous HIV-1 vaccine regimen: mosaic adenovirus 26-based vaccine (Ad26.Mos4.HIV) at Months 0, 3, 6, 12 and alum-adjuvanted clade C gp140 at Months 6, 12.

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At the start of the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic in 2015, ZIKV spread across South and Central America, and reached parts of the southern United States placing pregnant women at risk for fetal microcephaly, fetal loss, and other adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with congenital ZIKA syndrome (CZS). For this reason, testing of a safe and efficacious ZIKV vaccine remains a global health priority. Here we report that a single immunization with Ad26.

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