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Infectious fish rhabdovirus from cloned cDNA: A tool for Salmonid protection in aquaculture.

Objective

The goal of this proposal is to transpose to the fish rhabdovirus the reverse genetic technology which has been used with success for mammalian negative-strand RNA virus like rabies and the vesicular stomatitis virus VSV to generate new live vaccines genetically tagged and cost-effective, deliverable by bath immersion and safe for other fish species

The main objectives for the proposal are:

I Construction of a fully attenuated IHNV strain following targeted mutations:

1. Generation of a full-length cDNA IHNV genome (12 Kbases) as well as individual nucleoprotein, phosphoprotein and polymerase encoding cDNA.

2. Obtaining new infectious IHNV virions following co-transfection and T7-driven vaccinia virus infection in fish cell line.

II Creation of new viral vaccine strain expressing IHN/VHS glycoproteins:

1. Explore the feasibility of the insertion of VHSV glycoprotein encoding gene in the IHN genome using as a potential insertion site a non essential gene (Nv).

2. Evaluation of the efficacy of that new bi-valent live vaccine.

As a first step we have chosen to apply on IHN the reverse genetic technology to produce a safe live vaccine but also to develop a potentially very powerful bivalent live vaccine. If successful, this programme may be the first step of a new generation of fish vaccine of improved efficacy against rhabdovirus disease affecting aquacultured fishes (spring viremia of carp, SVC, perch rhabdovirus disease, PRD ...) but can be used also to fight other viral disease such as IPNV using the rhabdovirus as gene vector.
The improvement in fish protection will play a role in improving health of aquacultured species and consequently on the productivity of fish farms, thus this programme will have a beneficial socio-economic impact, in particular for small-scale fisheries where productivity and profitability are crucial survival conditions.

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INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
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