Recombinant Rift Valley fever viruses encoding bluetongue virus (BTV) antigens: Immunity and efficacy studies upon a BTV-4 challenge.
Sandra MorenoEva Calvo-PinillaStéphanie DevignotFriedemann WeberJavier OrtegoAlejandro BrunPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Though additional optimization will be needed to improve the efficacy data against BTV in sheep, our findings warrant further developments of attenuated RVFV as a dual vaccine platform carrying heterologous immune relevant antigens for ruminant diseases in RVF risk areas.