Investigating the Antibody Imprinting Hypothesis among Canadian Paramedics after SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Circulation

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Recent research has highlighted the Omicron variant's capacity to evade immune protection conferred by wild-type (WT) mRNA vaccines. Despite this observation, the potential involvement of antigenic sin phenomena remains unclear. Our hypothesis posited that a greater number of prior WT vaccine doses might lead to reduced anti-Omicron neutralization Abs following Omicron infection. To investigate this, we analyzed blood samples from human participants in the COVID-19 Occupational Risk, Seroprevalence, and Immunity among Paramedics (CORSIP) study who had received at least one WT mRNA vaccine before contracting Omicron. The exposure variable was the number of WT mRNA vaccines administered, and the outcome was the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) percent inhibition specific to the BA.4/BA.5 Omicron Ag. Contrary to expectations, our findings revealed that more WT-based vaccines were associated with an enhanced Omicron-specific immune response.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

ImmunoHorizons - 8(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 193-197

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Asamoah-Boaheng, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Grunau, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Karim, Mohammad Ehsanul [VerfasserIn]
Kayda, Iryna [VerfasserIn]
Yap, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Bessai, Katherine [VerfasserIn]
Goldfarb, David M [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies
Journal Article
MRNA Vaccines

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4049/immunohorizons.2400010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368765954