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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
Orochol, a live oral cholera vaccine licensed in Switzerland and in other countries, is based on the genetically modified Vibrio cholerae strain CVD103-HgR. This strain is derived from the wild-type O1 strain Inaba 569B by deletion of a fragment internal to the ctxA gene encoding the A1 subunit of cholera toxin and by replacement of an internal fragment of the hlyA gene with a fragment carrying the mer operon mediating mercury resistance. In this study we describe a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) system for the detection of wild-type Vibrio cholerae and the identification of the vaccine strain for the quality control of production batches. A multiplex PCR system that targets the intact ctxA gene of the wild-type strain and simultaneously the integration site of the mer operon in the hlyA gene (hlyA::mer) of the vaccine strain CVD103-HgR was developed. To evaluate the detection limit of the system, vaccine suspensions were artificially contaminated with wild-type V. cholerae 569B cells and tested by PCR. The detection limit of the system was statistically evaluated and found to be at 11625 wild-type cells per vaccine sachet (95% confidence limit). This number is below the infective dose of wild-type Vibrio cholerae. In Switzerland this test is used in combination with other tests in the official batch-release procedure to assure the safety of each batch of the cholera vaccine Orochol.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1045-1056
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 The International Association for Biologicals.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2000-12-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Development and validation of a detection system for wild-type Vibrio cholerae in genetically modified cholera vaccine.
pubmed:affiliation
Official Medicines Control Laboratory Biologika and R&D Unit, Division of Biologicals, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article