Noninfectious rotavirus (strain RRV) induces an immune response in mice which protects against rotavirus challenge.

AUTOR(ES)

Offit, P A

RESUMO

We found that female adult mice parenterally inoculated with noninfectious rotavirus (simian strain RRV) developed virus-specific neutralizing antibodies in the serum; newborn mice from these dams were protected against RRV-induced gastroenteritis. In addition, mice parenterally inoculated with noninfectious RRV developed virus-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors in the spleen. Replication of rotavirus in intestinal epithelial cells was apparently not required to induce rotavirus-neutralizing antibodies or rotavirus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Parenteral immunization of infants and young children with noninfectious rotaviruses may induce an immune response which protects against rotavirus challenge.

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