A parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-vectored intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (CVXGA1) elicits protective and long-lasting immunity in nonhuman primates.

ABSTRACT: Waning immunity from approved COVID-19 vaccines and emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 necessitate the need to develop alternative COVID-19 vaccines for improved durability and broader protection. This work investigates the efficacy and mucosal, humoral, and cellular immunogenicity of intranasal, parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-vectored COVID-19 vaccine CVXGA1 in an African green monkey (AGM) nonhuman primate model. A single intranasal dose of CVXGA1 induced robust and sustained humoral and cellular immune responses in AGMs and protected against SARS-CoV-2 ancestral WA1 strain and alpha variant challenge infection in the respiratory tracts as demonstrated by lack of viral load and greatly decreased histopathology. Mucosal IgA antibodies were detected in the upper and lower respiratory tracts of

SUBMITTER: Beavis AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11998508 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature