Antibody levels in a cohort of pregnant women after the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic : Waning and association with self-reported severity and duration of illness

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BACKGROUND: A population-based pregnancy cohort was established in Norway to study potential effects of exposure to the 2009 influenza pandemic or pandemic vaccination during pregnancy.

OBJECTIVES: We studied maternal A(H1N1)pdm09-specific hemagglutination inhibition (HI)-titer levels and waning in women with influenza-like illness (ILI) in pregnancy compared to vaccinated women. Moreover, we studied the association between HI-titers and self-reported severity and duration of ILI.

METHODS: HI-titers against the pandemic virus were measured in maternal blood samples obtained at birth, 3-9 months after exposure, and linked with information about pregnancy, influenza and vaccination from national registries and a cohort questionnaire.

RESULTS: Among 1821 pregnant women included, 43.7% were unvaccinated and 19.3% of these had ILI. HI-titers were low (geometric mean titer (GMT) 11.3) in the unvaccinated women with ILI. Higher HI-titers (GMT 37.8) were measured in the vaccinated women. Estimated HI-titer waning was similar for vaccinated women and women with ILI. Most ILI episodes were moderate and lasted 3-5 days. Women with ILI reporting specific influenza symptoms such as fever or cough had higher HI-titers than women without these symptoms. Women who reported being "very ill" or illness duration of >5 days had higher HI-titers than women reporting less severe illness or illness of shorter duration, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Antibody waning was similar in vaccinated women and women with ILI. More severe ILI or longer duration of illness was associated with higher HI-titers. Most unvaccinated pregnant women with ILI had low HI-titers, probably due to moderate illness and HI-titer waning between exposure and sampling.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 13(2019), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 191-200

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tunheim, Gro [VerfasserIn]
Laake, Ida [VerfasserIn]
Robertson, Anna Hayman [VerfasserIn]
Waalen, Kristian [VerfasserIn]
Hungnes, Olav [VerfasserIn]
Naess, Lisbeth M [VerfasserIn]
Cox, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
Mjaaland, Siri [VerfasserIn]
Trogstad, Lill [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antibodies, Viral
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Pandemic H1N1pdm09
Pregnancy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccination
Waning

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Date Completed 29.11.2019

Date Revised 09.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/irv.12623

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM291667457