Immunogenicity of immunostimulating complexes of Japanese encephalitis virus in experimental animals.

Immunogenicity of immunostimulating complexes (ISCOMs) of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) were studied in mice, rabbits and monkeys. Two doses of JE ISCOMs elicited a strong immune response in mice with an uniform distribution in IgG subclasses. Different time intervals between the two doses of ISCOMs led to similar titers of antibodies. Rabbits and monkeys immunized with ISCOMs developed strong neutralizing immune, response. Mice immunized with ISCOMs demonstrated cell-mediated immunity (CMI) as evidenced by T cell proliferation and macrophage migration inhibition (MMI) assays.