Nasal shedding of vaccine viruses after immunization with a Russian-backbone live attenuated influenza vaccine in India

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BACKGROUND: We present post-vaccination nasal shedding findings from the phase IV, community-based, triple-blinded RCT conducted to assess efficacy of trivalent LAIV and inactivated influenza vaccines in rural north India.

METHODS: Children aged 2-10 years received LAIV or intranasal placebo across 2015 and 2016, as per initial allocation. On days 2 and 4 post-vaccination, trained study nurses collected nasal swabs from randomly selected subset of trial participants based on operational feasibility, accounting for 10.0% and 11.4% of enrolled participants in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Swabs were collected in viral transport medium and transported under cold chain to laboratory for testing by reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction.

RESULTS: In year 1, on day 2 post-vaccination, 71.2% (74/104) of LAIV recipients shed at least one of vaccine virus strains compared to 42.3% (44/104) on day 4. During year 1, on day 2 post-vaccination, LAIV-A(H1N1)pdm09 was detected in nasal swabs of 12% LAIV recipients, LAIV-A(H3N2) in 41%, and LAIV-B in 59%. In year 2, virus shedding was substantially lower; 29.6% (32/108) of LAIV recipients shed one of the vaccine virus strains on day 2 compared to 21.3% on day 4 (23/108).

CONCLUSION: At day 2 post-vaccination in year 1, two-thirds of LAIV recipients were shedding vaccine viruses. Shedding of vaccine viruses varied between strains and was lower in year 2. More research is needed to determine the reason for lower virus shedding and vaccine efficacy for LAIV-A(H1N1)pdm09.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

Enthalten in:

Influenza and other respiratory viruses - 17(2023), 6 vom: 29. Juni, Seite e13149

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dar, Lalit [VerfasserIn]
Krishnan, Anand [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Ramesh [VerfasserIn]
Dhakad, Shivram [VerfasserIn]
Choudekar, Avinash [VerfasserIn]
Bagga, Sumedha [VerfasserIn]
Sharma, Amrit [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Jethani, Jyoti [VerfasserIn]
Saha, Siddhartha [VerfasserIn]
Amarchand, Ritvik [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Choudhary, Aashish [VerfasserIn]
Narayan, Venkatesh Vinayak [VerfasserIn]
Gopal, Giridara [VerfasserIn]
Lafond, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Lindstrom, Stephen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Developing countries
Influenza
Influenza Vaccines
Journal Article
Live attenuated influenza vaccine
Pediatric
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Vaccine virus shedding
Vaccines, Attenuated

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Date Completed 30.06.2023

Date Revised 03.07.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/irv.13149

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358814685