Experimental infection of healthy volunteers with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli wild-type strain TW10598 in a hospital ward

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Background: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is an important cause of childhood diarrhea in resource-limited regions. It is also an important cause of diarrhea in travellers to these areas. To evaluate the protective efficacy of new ETEC vaccines that are under development, there is a need to increase the capacity to undertake Phase IIB (human challenge) clinical trials and to develop suitable challenge models. Methods: An in-hospital study was performed where fasting adult volunteers were experimentally infected with 1 × 106 to 1 × 109 colony forming units (CFUs) of the wild-type ETEC strain TW10598, which had been isolated from a child with diarrhea in West Africa in 1997. We recorded symptoms and physical signs and measured serum immune response to the TW10598 bacterium. Results: We included 30 volunteers with mean age 22.8 (range 19.8, 27.4) years. The most common symptoms were diarrhea (77%), abdominal pain (67%), nausea (63%), and abdominal cramping (53%). Seven subjects (23%) experienced fever, none were hypotensive. Most of the volunteers responded with a substantial rise in the level of serum IgA antibodies against the challenge strain. Conclusions: We established the capacity and methods for safely undertaking challenge studies to measure the efficacy of ETEC vaccine candidates in a hospital ward. Strain TW10598 elicited both clinical symptoms and an immune response across the doses given.

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Skrede, S., Steinsland, H., Sommerfelt, H., Aase, A., Brandtzaeg, P., Langeland, N., … Guttormsen, A. B. (2014). Experimental infection of healthy volunteers with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli wild-type strain TW10598 in a hospital ward. BMC Infectious Diseases, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-482

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