Publications by authors named "L Lindesmith"

Nucleoside-modified mRNA-LNP vaccines have revolutionized vaccine development against infectious pathogens due to their ability to elicit potent humoral and cellular immune responses. In this article, we present the results of the first norovirus vaccine candidate employing mRNA-LNP platform technology. The mRNA-LNP bivalent vaccine encoding the major capsid protein VP1 from GI.

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Background: Sapovirus is an important cause of acute gastroenteritis in childhood. While vaccines against sapovirus may reduce gastroenteritis burden, a major challenge to their development is a lack of information about natural immunity.

Methods: We measured sapovirus-specific IgG in serum collected, between 2017 and 2020, of mothers soon after delivery and at 6 time points in Nicaraguan children until 3 years of age (n=112 dyads) using virus-like particles representing three sapovirus genotypes (GI.

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Article Synopsis
  • Researchers discovered a new GII.4 norovirus variant featuring an amino acid insertion in its viral protein 1, specifically at the beginning of epitope A.
  • This variant was found in samples from the United States, Gabon, South Africa, and the United Kingdom collected between 2017 and 2022.
  • Identifying GII.4 variants early is important for evaluating their potential to cause pandemics and for guiding vaccine development efforts.
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A GII.2 outbreak in an efficacy study of a bivalent virus-like particle norovirus vaccine, TAK-214, in healthy US adults provided an opportunity to examine GII.4 homotypic vs GII.

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Genogroup II (GII) noroviruses are a major cause of diarrheal disease burden in children in both high- and low-income countries. GII.17 noroviruses are composed of distinct genetic clusters (I, II, IIIa, and IIIb) and have shown potential for replacing historically more prevalent GII.

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