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Table 1 Description of vaccination protocols applied to pigs by treatment groups in the two separate studies.

From: Exploring heterologous prime-boost vaccination approaches to enhance influenza control in pigs

Study

Description

Group

Vaccination

Route

Challenge

Necropsy

Prime

Boost

1

Whole inactivated vaccine comparison groups

COM/COM

COM

COM

i.m/i.m

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

AUT/AUT

AUT

AUT

i.m/i.m

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

AUT/COM

AUT

COM

i.m/i.m

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

COM/AUT

COM

AUT

i.m/i.m

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

NO VAC/CHA

Saline

Saline

−/−

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

 

Negative control group

NO VAC/NO CHA

Saline

Saline

−/−

Saline solution

6 pigsa

2

Live attenuated vaccine comparison groups

LAIV/COM

LAIV

COM

i.n/i.m

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

LAIV/NONE

LAIV

None

i.n/-

H1 and H3 IAV

10 pigs

  1. i.m: intramuscular; i.n: intranasal; IAV: influenza A virus.
  2. aThree pigs from the NO VAC/NO CHA group were necropsied prior to challenge and the remaining 3 pigs were necropsied at the termination of the study (7 dpc).