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Area of Science:

  • Virology
  • Immunology
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Antigenic diversity in RNA viruses arises from mutation and recombination, leading to variants that evade host immunity.
  • Viruses such as influenza, foot and mouth disease (FMD), and bluetongue (BT) exhibit significant antigenic diversity.
  • Effective vaccination against these viruses depends on matching vaccine strains to circulating field strains.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review strategies for managing antigenic diversity in viral pathogens.
  • To highlight the importance of surveillance and vaccine strain selection for viruses with high diversity.
  • To introduce antigenic cartography as a novel computational tool for quantifying antigenic distances.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing surveillance programs for equine influenza, FMD, and BT.
  • Description of regulatory frameworks for vaccine strain updates.
  • Application of antigenic cartography to analyze viral evolution in relation to vaccine strains.

Main Results:

  • Equine influenza has a formal vaccine strain selection scheme and regulatory framework.
  • FMD surveillance is extensive, but a formal vaccine strain selection system is lacking.
  • Antigenic cartography quantifies antigenic distances, aiding understanding of cross-protection and viral evolution.

Conclusions:

  • Effective vaccines against antigenically diverse viruses require methods to measure antigenic distances and understand cross-protection.
  • Antigenic cartography is a valuable computational tool applicable to influenza and other diverse pathogens like FMD.
  • Harmonized approaches to virus characterization are crucial for developing internationally agreed vaccine matching systems.