Abstract
Reported data sets on infection of volunteers challenged with wild-type influenza A virus at graded doses are few. Alternatively, we aimed at developing a dose-response assessment for this virus based on the data sets for its live attenuated reassortants. Eleven data sets for live attenuated reassortants that were fit to beta-Poisson and exponential dose-response models. Dose-response relationships for those reassortants were characterized by pooling analysis of the data sets with respect to virus subtype (H1N1 or H3N2), attenuation method (cold-adapted or avian-human gene reassortment), and human age (adults or children). Furthermore, by comparing the above data sets to a limited number of reported data sets for wild-type virus, we quantified the degree of attenuation of wild-type virus with gene reassortment and estimated its infectivity. As a result, dose-response relationships of all reassortants were best described by a beta-Poisson model. Virus subtype and human age were significant factors determining the dose-response relationship, whereas attenuation method affected only the relationship of H1N1 virus infection to adults. The data sets for H3N2 wild-type virus could be pooled with those for its reassortants on the assumption that the gene reassortment attenuates wild-type virus by at least 63 times and most likely 1,070 times. Considering this most likely degree of attenuation, 10% infectious dose of H3N2 wild-type virus for adults was estimated at 18 TCID 50 (95% CI = 8.8-35 TCID 50). The infectivity of wild-type H1N1 virus remains unknown as the data set pooling was unsuccessful.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 555-565 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Risk Analysis |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 Mar 1 |
Keywords
- Dose-response model
- Influenza A virus
- Live attenuated reassortants
- Pooling analysis
- Wild-type strains
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Physiology (medical)