Flavivirus infection or vaccination can induce cross-reactive immune responses. Here, the authors show how previous immunization with the tick-borne encephalitis virus vaccine affects the immune response to the yellow fever vaccine, suggesting that the yellow fever vaccine virus conceals epitopes shared with other flaviviruses in flavivirus-naive but not flavivirus-pre-exposed individuals.
- Antonio Santos-Peral
- Fabian Luppa
- Simon Rothenfusser
