Table 2 Prediction of the MHC-II T-cell epitopes.

From: In-silico identification of the vaccine candidate epitopes against the Lassa virus hemorrhagic fever

Epitope

Sequence

Interval

Prediction Method

Antigenicity

ProPred

NetMHCII 2.3

EpiTOP 3.0

E5

MGQIVTFFQ

1–9

✓

×

✓

−0.1820

E6

VYELQTLEL

65–73

✓

×

✓

0.8600

E7

LNMTMPLSC

78–86

✓

×

✓

0.9390

E8

INHKFCNLS

113–121

✓

×

✓

1.5060

E9

MSIISTFHL

134–142

✓

✓

✓

0.7080

LYDHALMSIISTFHL

128–142

×

✓

×

0.2896

YDHALMSIISTFHLS

129–143

×

✓

×

0.4907

DHALMSIISTFHLSI

130–144

×

✓

×

0.4809

HALMSIISTFHLSIP

131–145

×

✓

×

0.1949

ALMSIISTFHLSIPN

132–146

×

✓

×

0.2066

LMSIISTFHLSIPNF

133–147

×

✓

×

0.2428

E10

FNQYEAMSC

147–155

✓

×

✓

0.5520

E11

ISVQYNLSH

162–170

✓

×

✓

1.1310

E12

LQTFMRMAW

188–196

✓

✓

×

0.2620

VANGVLQTFMRMAWG

183–197

×

✓

×

0.1328

ANGVLQTFMRMAWGG

184–198

×

✓

×

0.1683

NGVLQTFMRMAWGGS

185–199

×

✓

×

0.0579

GVLQTFMRMAWGGSY

186–200

×

✓

×

0.1572

VLQTFMRMAWGGSYI

187–201

×

✓

×

0.1895

E13

MRMAWGGSY

192–200

✓

✓

✓

0.7630

GVLQTFMRMAWGGSY

186–200

×

✓

×

0.1572

VLQTFMRMAWGGSYI

187–201

×

✓

×

0.1895

LQTFMRMAWGGSYIA

188–202

×

✓

×

0.1902

QTFMRMAWGGSYIAL

189–203

×

✓

×

0.3470

TFMRMAWGGSYIALD

190–204

×

✓

×

0.4434

FMRMAWGGSYIALDS

191–205

×

✓

×

0.3543

E14

YQYLIIQNT

217–225

✓

✓

×

0.4720

DCIMTSYQYLIIQNT

211–225

×

✓

×

0.6600

CIMTSYQYLIIQNTT

212–226

×

✓

×

0.7075

IMTSYQYLIIQNTTW

213–227

×

✓

×

0.6029

TSYQYLIIQNTTWED

215–229

×

✓

×

0.6874

E15

LIIQNTTWE

220–228

✓

×

✓

0.9100

E16

IGYLGLLSQ

239–247

✓

×

✓

1.5300

E17

LLSQRTRDI

244–252

✓

×

✓

1.7310

E18

IYISRRRRG

252–260

✓

✓

×

1.5560

SQRTRDIYISRRRRG

246–260

×

✓

×

1.6434

QRTRDIYISRRRRGT

247–261

×

✓

×

1.5276

RTRDIYISRRRRGTF

248–262

×

✓

×

1.7213

TRDIYISRRRRGTFT

249–263

×

✓

×

1.4112

RDIYISRRRRGTFTW

250–264

×

✓

×

1.5207

DIYISRRRRGTFTWT

251–265

×

✓

×

1.4261

IYISRRRRGTFTWTL

252–266

×

✓

×

1.2680

E19

WMLIEAELK

283–291

✓

×

✓

1.3250

E20

IQLINKAVN

334–342

✓

×

✓

0.7710

E21

LINDQLIMK

344–352

✓

×

✓

−0.0481

E22

LRDIMCIPY

355–363

✓

×

✓

1.0590

E23

LVSNGSYLN

387–395

✓

×

✓

0.3450

  1. The epitopes predicted by all three methods are highlighted in boldface with Italic font. The consensus core regions highlighted in boldface are in the epitopes predited by NetMHCII 2.3.