Biodistribution and environmental safety of a live-attenuated YF17D-vectored SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsIACUC: This project was approved by the KU Leuven ethical committee (P015-2020), following institutional guidelines approved by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA).
    Euthanasia Agents: Hamsters were euthanized by intraperitoneal administration of 500 μL (hamsters) Dolethal (200 mg/mL sodium pentobarbital, Vétoquinol SA).
    Sex as a biological variableBiodistribution: WT hamsters (6-8 weeks old, female) were inoculated intraperitoneally with 104 PFU/mL dose of YF17D (n = 6) or YF-S0 (n = 6).
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Original YF17D vaccine (Stamaril, Sanofi-Pasteur; lot number G5400) was purchased via the pharmacy of the University Hospital Leuven and passaged twice in Vero E6 cells prior to use.
    Vero E6
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_XD71)
    All virus stocks were titrated by plaque assay on BHK21 cells [17].
    BHK21
    suggested: ATCC Cat# CRL-6282, RRID:CVCL_1914)
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Animal experiment: Hamsters: Wild-type (WT) outbred specific pathogen-free Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) were purchased from Janvier Laboratories, France.
    Janvier Laboratories
    suggested: None
    Half-maximal serum neutralizing titers (SNT50) were determined by curve fitting in GraphPad Prism 8.
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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