Mohamed Dilai

Mohamed Dilai

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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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4 October 2018 in Vaccines
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MDMohamed Dilai
Mohamed Dilai
MPMohammed Piro
Mohammed Piro
MHMehdi El Harrak
Mehdi El Harrak
SFStephanie Fougerolle
Stephanie Fougerolle
MDMohammed DEHHAOUI
Mohammed DEHHAOUI
OFOuafaa Fassi Fihri
Ouafaa Fassi Fihri
To evaluate the humoral immune response to mixed Equine Influenza vaccination, a common practice in the field, an experimental study was carried out on 42 unvaccinated thoroughbred weanling foals divided into six groups of seven. Three groups were vaccinated using a non-mixed protocol (Equilis® Prequenza-Te, Proteqflu-Te® or Calvenza-03®) and three other groups were vaccinated using a mix of the three vaccines mentioned previously. Each weanling underwent a primary EI vaccination schedule composed of two primary immunisations (V1 and V2) four weeks apart followed by a third boost immunisation (V3) six months later. Antibody responses were monitored until one-year post-V3 by single radial haemolysis (SRH). The results showed similar antibody responses for all groups using mixed EI vaccination and the group exclusively vaccinated with Equilis® Prequenza-TE, which were significantly higher than the other two groups vaccinated with Proteqflu-TE® and Calvenza-03®. All weanlings (100%) failed to seroconvert after V1 and 21% (9/42) still had low or no SRH antibody titres two weeks post-V2. All weanlings had seroconverted and exceeded the clinical protection threshold one month after V3. The poor response to vaccination was primarily observed in groups exclusively vaccinated with Proteqflu-Te® and Calvenza-03®. A large window of susceptibility (3–4.5-month duration) usually called immunity gap was observed after V2 and prior to V3 for all groups. The SRH antibody level was maintained above the clinical protection threshold for three months post-V3 for the groups exclusively vaccinated with Proteqflu-Te® and Calvenza-03®, and six months to one year for groups using mixed EI vaccination or exclusively vaccinated with Equilis® Prequenza-Te. This study demonstrates for the first time that the mix of EI vaccines during the primary vaccination schedule has no detrimental impact on the correlate of protection against EIV infection.

1 April 2021 in Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
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MDMohamed Dilai
Mohamed Dilai
OFOuafaa Fassi Fihri
Ouafaa Fassi Fihri
MHMehdi El Harrak
Mehdi El Harrak
ABAnouar Bouchiba
Anouar Bouchiba
MDMohammed Dehhaoui
Mohammed Dehhaoui
MPMohammed Piro
Mohammed Piro

1 September 2018 in Veterinary Microbiology
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MDMohamed Dilai
Mohamed Dilai
MPMohammed Piro
Mohammed Piro
SFStephanie Fougerolle
Stephanie Fougerolle
MHMehdi El Harrak
Mehdi El Harrak
WMWissal Mahir
Wissal Mahir
OFOuafaa Fassi Fihri
Ouafaa Fassi Fihri