Vaccine R&D
ShigETEC
Eveliqure Biotechnologies
Diarrhoeal disease
Type
Route
The ShigETEC is a live attenuated combined vaccine for Shigella and ETEC strains with targeted genetic mutations. The oral vaccine was developed by Eveliqure Biotechnologies GmbH. The key features of the ShigETEC vaccine are: 1) Deletion of the serotype-determining LPS O-antigen, 2) Inactivation of the type III secretion system, 3) Inactivation of a putative enterotoxin, 4) Increased stability of the vaccine strain by transposition of an essential gene from the chromosome to the Shigella's invasion plasmid, 5) Expression of a tandem repeat of a fusion protein of LTB and an ST toxoid that induces neutralizing antibodies and thus protective immunity against both toxins of ETEC strains.
Status
Target
Live attenuated vaccine
Oral
Clinical development
Projects
Shigella / Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)
Funders
European Union