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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Trudy G Morrison, Northborough, MA (US);
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods for using virus-like particle (VLP) vaccines containing a stabilized pre-fusion respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein to stimulate RSV neutralizing antibodies in pre-immune subjects. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for immunizing a mammalian subject in need of immunizing against Respiratory Syncytial virus (RSV) infection, comprising, a) providing i) a pre-immune mammalian subject containing RSV neutralizing antibodies, ii) a first composition comprising recombinant chimeric Newcastle disease virus-like particles (ND VLPs), that contain a chimeric protein comprising, in operable combination, 1) stabilized pre-fusion RSV F protein ectodomain, 2) transmembrane (TM) domain of NDV F protein, and 3) cytoplasmic (CT) domain of NDV F protein, and b) administering an immunologically effective amount of the first composition to the pre-immune subject to produce an immunized subject that comprises an increase in the level of the RSV neutralizing antibodies compared to the level of RSV neutralizing antibodies in the pre-immune subject. In one embodiment, the level of the RSV neutralizing antibodies in the pre-immune subject does not prevent RSV infection of the pre-immune subject.