Humoral immunity after second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine in Japanese communities : an observational cross-sectional study, Fukushima Vaccination Community Survey

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To reveal waning humoral immunity after second dose BNT162b2 vaccinations in a rural Japanese community and determine factors affecting antibody titers. We aimed to report Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike (S1) protein levels and neutralizing activity in a large scale community based cohort.

METHODS: Participants in the observational cross-sectional study received a second dose of vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech) and were not previously infected with COVID-19. Questionnaire-collected data on sex, age, adverse vaccine reactions, and medical history was obtained.

RESULTS: Data from 2496 participants revealed that older age groups reached a low antibody titer 90-120 days after the second vaccination. Neutralizing activity decreased with age; 35 (13.3%) of those aged ≥ 80 years had neutralizing activity under the cut-off value. Neutralizing activity > 179 days from the second vaccination was 11.6% compared to that at < 60 days from the second vaccination. Significantly lower IgG antibody titers and neutralizing activity were associated with age, male sex, increased time from second vaccination, smoking, steroids, immunosuppression, and comorbidities.

CONCLUSIONS: Antibody titer decreased substantially over time. Susceptible populations, older people, men, smokers, steroid users, immunosuppression users, and people with three or more comorbidities may require a special protection strategy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 18929

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kobashi, Yurie [VerfasserIn]
Kawamura, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Shimazu, Yuzo [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Tianchen [VerfasserIn]
Sugiyama, Akira [VerfasserIn]
Nakayama, Aya [VerfasserIn]
Kaneko, Yudai [VerfasserIn]
Nishikawa, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Omata, Fumiya [VerfasserIn]
Takita, Morihito [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Chika [VerfasserIn]
Yoshida, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Kosaka, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Murayama, Anju [VerfasserIn]
Sugiura, Sota [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Manato [VerfasserIn]
Kawashima, Moe [VerfasserIn]
Uchi, Yuna [VerfasserIn]
Shindo, Joji [VerfasserIn]
Oikawa, Tomoyoshi [VerfasserIn]
Shibuya, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Kodama, Tatsuhiko [VerfasserIn]
Tsubokura, Masaharu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
BNT162 Vaccine
Journal Article
Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vaccines

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Date Completed 09.11.2022

Date Revised 05.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-21797-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34858380X