An expression enhancer comprising a CPMV 5UTR nucleotide sequence consisting of X nucleotides (CMPVX), where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1, or consisting of a nucleotide sequence comprising from about 80% to 100% sequence similarity with CMPVX, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1SEQ ID NO:1 is provided. The expression enhancer may further comprise a stuffer sequence fused to the 3 end of the 5UTR nucleotide sequence (CMPVX+, where X=160, 155, 150, or 114 of SEQ ID NO:1). The stuffer sequence may comprise one or more plant kozak sequences. Plants comprising the expression enhancer and methods using the expression enhancer are also described.

The invention features compositions and methods for the prevention or treatment of one or more strains of Chikungunya virus, as well as other alphavirus-mediated diseases.

Disclosed herein are recombinant adenoviruses with one or more nucleotide sequences inserted between two viral transcription units, formulations comprising the recombinant adenoviruses, and methods of treatment using the recombinant adenoviruses. In some embodiments, the one or more nucleotide sequences are inserted in an IX-E2 insertion site and/or an L5-E4 insertion site.

Provided is a method for constructing a gE gene-deleted pseudorabies virus (PRV) strain using an adenine base editor (ABE) and use thereof. The method includes: designing an sgRNA sequence using the ABE with a start codon of the gE gene in a PRV as a target site, ligating an enzyme-digested fragment to a double-stranded DNA fragment with sticky ends to obtain a ligation product; and transforming the ligation product into a competent cell to allow plate screening and culture, selecting a resulting positive bacterial strain to allow expanded culture, and extracting a plasmid from a resulting positive bacterial solution; and transferring the plasmid into a target cell to allow the transfection for 24 h, collecting a resulting virus liquid, and centrifuging the virus liquid to collect a resulting supernatant.

Described herein are Bovine immunodeficiency virus gag protein (Bgag) recombinant virus like particles (VLPs) comprising one or more different types of target pathogen proteins. Also described, are compositions comprising the novel Bgag VLPs and the methods of making and using the novel Bgag VLPs.

Provided is a method for constructing a gE protein-deleted pseudorabies virus (PRV) strain using an adenine base editor (ABE) and use thereof. The method includes: designing an sgRNA sequence using the ABE with a start codon of the gE gene in a PRV as a target site, ligating an enzyme-digested fragment to a double-stranded DNA fragment with sticky ends to obtain a ligation product; and transforming the ligation product into a competent cell to allow plate screening and culture, selecting a resulting positive bacterial strain to allow expanded culture, and extracting a plasmid from a resulting positive bacterial solution; and transferring the plasmid into a target cell to allow the transfection for 24 h, collecting a resulting virus liquid, and centrifuging the virus liquid to collect a resulting supernatant.

The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3 untranslated region (3-UTR) comprising a 30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the 30 mutation deleted from the 3-UTR that removes sequence in the 5 direction as far as the 5 boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the 30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the 30 mutation deleted from the 3-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.

The present invention relates to the field of vaccination, in particular, of vaccination against hepatitis C virus (HCV). The present invention provides a composition comprising at least parts of the HCV core protein, and HCV E1 and HCV E2 protein of a specific HCV strain, as well as VSV-G protein. The proteins may be assembled in rVSV-HCV particles. This has been identified to induce particularly advantageous broadly neutralizing antibodies. The invention further provides nucleic acids encoding said HCV proteins and VSV proteins but not encoding VSV-G protein. Vaccines comprising the particles, compositions or nucleic acids are disclosed as useful, in particular, for prophylactic vaccination against HCV. Methods of producing the rVSV-HCV particles or compositions of the invention and the produced particles and compositions are also subject-matter of the invention.

The present invention relates to the technical field of vaccine preparation, and particularly, to a bivalent inactivated EV71-CA16 vaccine, a method for preparing the same, and use thereof. The present invention implements the preparation by means of separately adsorbing a monovalent viral stock solution containing an EV71 antigen and a monovalent viral stock solution containing a CA16 antigen with an adjuvant and then mixing same, thereby improving the content of the EV71 antigen and the CA16 antigen in the vaccine substance and greatly improving the adsorption rate and recovery rate of EV71 and CA16 antigens. Moreover, the bivalent EV71-CA16 viral antigen can cause positive seroconversion and up-regulation of the corresponding neutralizing antibody and induce a higher serum antibody level, thus facilitating the preparation of the bivalent inactivated EV71-CA16 vaccine and preventing hand-foot-and-mouth disease.

The disclosure provides for recombinantly modified Zika-based vectors that can be used in gene therapy applications.