Research Article

West Nile Virus Vaccine Design by T Cell Epitope Selection: In Silico Analysis of Conservation, Functional Cross-Reactivity with the Human Genome, and Population Coverage

Table 2

Candidate epitope ensemble vaccines with >95% PPC, as calculated by EPISOPT and IEDB.

EnsembleMethodPeptidesPPC

1EPISOPTTLARGFPFV
ITYTDVLRY
GPIRFVLAL99.00

2EPISOPTTLARGFPFV
ITYTDVLRY
GPIRFVLAL
MPNGLIAQF
99.00

3EPISOPTTLARGFPFV
TEVMTAVGL
MPNGLIAQF
ITYTDVLRY99.23

4EPISOPTTLARGFPFV
ITYTDVLRY
GPIRFVLAL97.65

5IEDBTLARGFPFV
KSYETEYPK
MPNGLIAQF
AEVEEHRTV
MTTEDMLEVW
RSLFGGMSW
ITYTDVLRY
SYHDRRWCF
GPIRFVLAL
97.34

6IEDBTLARGFPFV
KSYETEYPK
MPNGLIAQF
AEVEEHRTV
MTTEDMLEVW
ITYTDVLRY
SYHDRRWCF
GPIRFVLAL
96.81

7IEDBTLARGFPFV
KSYETEYPK
MPNGLIAQF
AEVEEHRTV
ITYTDVLRY
SYHDRRWCF
GPIRFVLAL
96.49

8IEDBTLARGFPFV
KSYETEYPK
MPNGLIAQF
GPIRFVLAL
ITYTDVLRY
SYHDRRWCF
95.25