Mengqi Yuan，Xiaoke Yang，Xin Zhang，Xiaotian Zhao，Muhammad Abid，Hua-Ji Qiu，Yongfeng Li

Viruses.2022 Dec 20;15(1):2.doi: 10.3390/v15010002.

Review

Abstract

The genus  Pestivirus  of the family  Flaviviridae  mainly comprises classical swine fever virus (CSFV), bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 (BVDV-1), BVDV-2, border disease virus (BDV), and multiple new pestivirus species such as atypical porcine pestivirus (APPV), giraffe pestivirus, and antelope pestivirus. Pestiviruses cause infectious diseases, resulting in tremendous economic losses to animal husbandry. Different types of pestivirus vaccines have been developed to control and prevent these important animal diseases. In recent years, pestiviruses have shown great potential as viral vectors for developing multivalent vaccines. This review analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of various pestivirus vaccines, including live attenuated pestivirus strains, genetically engineered marker pestiviruses, and pestivirus-based multivalent vaccines. This review provides new insights into the development of novel vaccines against emerging pestiviruses, such as APPV and ovine pestivirus.

Keywords: live attenuated vaccines; marker vaccines; multivalent vaccines; pestiviruses.