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A molecular clone of (JE virus) was derived from the JE virus Nakayama strain and used to produce infectious JE virus in cell culture. The engineered JE virus resembled the parental JE virus in cell-culture properties and was related closely to other JE virus strains based on nucleotide sequence analysis. The JE virus clone was used as a genetic background for construction of a chimeric virus containing the structural proteins prM and E of , serotype 2. The chimeric JE/dengue 2 virus generated authentic dengue 2 structural proteins as assessed by immunoassays for the dengue E protein. It exhibited a small plaque size and less efficient growth in various cell lines than the parental JE virus. JE/dengue 2 virus was non-neuroinvasive for young adult mice, but displayed partial neurovirulence at doses up to 4 log p.f.u. given intracerebrally. Immunization of 3-week-old mice with JE/dengue 2 virus yielded neutralizing-antibody titres against dengue 2 virus and conferred protection against dengue encephalitis caused by neuroadapted dengue 2 virus. A rise in post-challenge neutralizing-antibody titres against dengue 2 virus in surviving mice suggests that immunization is associated with establishment of a memory antibody response in this model. This study demonstrates the capacity of JE virus to serve as a vector for expression of heterologous flavivirus structural proteins. Similar to previous studies with other chimeric flaviviruses, this approach may be useful as a genetic system for engineering experimental vaccines against and other medically important flaviviruses.

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