Diverging humoral and cellular immune responses due to Omicron-a national study from the Faroe Islands

IMPORTANCE: The immunity following infection and vaccination with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is poorly understood. We investigated immunity assessed with antibody and T-cell responses under different scenarios in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals with and without Omicron infection. We found that the humoral response was higher among vaccinated-naïve than unvaccinated convalescent. Unvaccinated with and without infection had comparable low humoral responses, whereas vaccinated with a second or third dose, independent of infection status, had increasingly higher levels. Only a minor fraction of unvaccinated individuals had detectable humoral responses following Omicron infection, while almost all had positive T-cell responses. In conclusion, primary Omicron infection mounts a low humoral immune response, enhanced by prior vaccination. Omicron infection induced a robust T-cell response in both unvaccinated and vaccinated, demonstrating that immune evasion of primary Omicron infection affects humoral immunity more than T-cell immunity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Microbiology spectrum - 11(2023), 6 vom: 12. Dez., Seite e0086523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Petersen, Maria Skaalum [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Alós, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Í Kongsstovu, Sunnvør K [VerfasserIn]
Eliasen, Eina Hansen [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Cecilie Bo [VerfasserIn]
Larsen, Sólrun [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Jóhanna Ljósá [VerfasserIn]
Bayarri-Olmos, Rafael [VerfasserIn]
Fjallsbak, Jógvan Páll [VerfasserIn]
Weihe, Pál [VerfasserIn]
Garred, Peter [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Cellular immune response
Faroe Islands
Humoral immune response
Journal Article
Omicron

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/spectrum.00865-23

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364016779