HIV/AIDS vaccine candidates based on replication-competent recombinant poxvirus NYVAC-C-KC expressing trimeric gp140 and Gag-derived VLPs or lacking the viral molecule B19 that inhibits type I interferon activate relevant HIV-1-specific B and T cell immune functions in non-human primates.

Garcia-Arriaza J, Perdiguero B, Heeney JL, Seaman MS, Montefiori DC, Yates NL, Tomaras GD, Ferrari G, Foulds KE, Roederer M, Self SG, Borate B, Gottardo R, Phogat S, Tartaglia J, Barnett SW, Burke B, Cristillo AD, Weiss DE, Lee C, Kibler KV, Jacobs BL, Wagner R, Ding S, Pantaleo G, Esteban M. HIV/AIDS vaccine candidates based on replication-competent recombinant poxvirus NYVAC-C-KC expressing trimeric gp140 and Gag-derived VLPs or lacking the viral molecule B19 that inhibits type I interferon activate relevant HIV-1-specific B and T cell immune functions in non-human primates. J Virol. 2017 Apr 13; 91(9). [Article]