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 4

Final epitope combinations corresponding to candidate epitope ensemble vaccine and PPC.

EnsembleHLA-I epitopesHLA-II epitopesPPC (%)

1ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFVVTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI
ILVSLAAVVVNPSVKTVR
96.36
2ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFV SYHDRRWCFVTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI97.14
3ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFV KSYETEYPKVTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI95.23
4ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFV KSYETEYPK
SYHDRRWCF
VTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI
ILVSLAAVVVNPSVKTVR
98.71
5ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFV KSYETEYPK
SYHDRRWCF MPNGLIAQF
VTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI
ILVSLAAVVVNPSVKTVR
99.01
6ITYTDVLRY TLARGFPFV KSYETEYPK
SYHDRRWCF MPNGLIAQF GPIRFVLAL
AEVEEHRTV MTTEDMLEVW RSLFGGMSW
VTVNPFVSVATANAKVLI
ILVSLAAVVVNPSVKTVR
99.52