Dengue viruses cluster antigenically but not as discrete serotypes

Leah C. Katzelnick, Judith M. Fonville, Gregory D. Gromowski, Jose Bustos Arriaga, Angela Green, Sarah L. James, Louis Lau, Magelda Montoya, Chunling Wang, Laura A. Van Blargan, Colin A. Russell, Hlaing Myat Thu, Theodore C. Pierson, Philippe Buchy, John G. Aaskov, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Nikos Vasilakis, Robert V. Gibbons, Robert B. Tesh, Albert D.M.E. OsterhausRon A.M. Fouchier, Anna Durbin, Cameron P. Simmons, Edward C. Holmes, Eva Harris, Stephen S. Whitehead, Derek J. Smith

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Abstract

The four genetically divergent dengue virus (DENV) types are traditionally classified as serotypes. Antigenic and genetic differences among the DENV types influence disease outcome, vaccine-induced protection, epidemic magnitude, and viral evolution.We scharacterized antigenic diversity in the DENV types by antigenic maps constructed from neutralizing antibody titers obtained from African green monkeys and after human vaccination and natural infections. Genetically, geographically, and temporally, diverse DENV isolates clustered loosely by type, but we found that many are as similar antigenically to a virus of a different type as to some viruses of the same type. Primary infection antisera did not neutralize all viruses of the same DENV type any better than other types did up to 2 years after infection and did not show improved neutralization to homologous type isolates. That the canonical DENV types are not antigenically homogeneous has implications for vaccination and research on the dynamics of immunity, disease, and the evolution of DENV.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1338-1343
Number of pages6
JournalScience
Volume349
Issue number6254
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 18 2015

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