Binding and Neutralizing Antibody Responses to SARS-CoV-2 in Infants and Young Children Exceed Those in Adults

SARS-CoV-2 infections are frequently milder in children than adults, suggesting that immune responses may vary with age. However, information is limited regarding SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in young children. We compared Receptor Binding Domain binding antibody (RBDAb) and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody (neutAb) in children aged 0-4 years, 5-17 years, and in adults aged 18-62 years in a SARS-CoV-2 household study. Among 55 participants seropositive at enrollment, children aged 0-4 years had >10-fold higher RBDAb titers than adults (373 vs.35, P <0.0001), and the highest RBDAb titers in 11/12 households with seropositive children and adults. Children aged 0-4 years had 2-fold higher neutAb than adults, resulting in higher binding to neutralizing (B/N)Ab ratios compared to adults (1.9 vs. 0.4 for ID 50 , P=0.0002). Findings suggest that young children mount robust antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 following community infections. Additionally, these results support using neutAb to measure the immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in children aged 0-4 years.

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UpdateIn: JCI Insight. 2022 Mar 22;:. - PMID 35316213

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences - (2021) vom: 21. Dez.

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Englisch

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Karron, Ruth A [VerfasserIn]
Quesada, Maria Garcia [VerfasserIn]
Schappell, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]
Schmidt, Stephen D [VerfasserIn]
Knoll, Maria Deloria [VerfasserIn]
Hetrich, Marissa K [VerfasserIn]
Veguilla, Vic [VerfasserIn]
Doria-Rose, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Dawood, Fatimah S [VerfasserIn]
SEARCh Study Team [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 22.04.2022

published: Electronic

UpdateIn: JCI Insight. 2022 Mar 22;:. - PMID 35316213

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1101/2021.12.20.21268034

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NLM335165184