Large-scale cross-sectional seroepidemiologic study of COVID-19 in Japan: Acquisition of herd immunity and the vaccines’ efficacy
ABSTRACT Background The COVID-19 pandemic situation has been changing drastically worldwide due to the continuous appearance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and the roll-out of mass vaccination. Periodic cross-sectional studies during the surge of COVID-19 cases is essential to elucidate the pandemic situation.Methods Sera of 1,000 individuals who underwent a health check-up in Hyogo Prefecture Health Promotion Association clinics in Japan were collected in August and December 2021. Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 N and S antigens were detected in the sera by an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), respectively. The sera’s neutralization activities for the conventional SARS-CoV-2 (D614G), Delta, and Omicron variants were measured.Results The seropositive rates for the antibody against N antigen were 2.1% and 3.9% in August and December 2021 respectively, demonstrating a Delta variant endemic during that time; the actual infection rate was approximately twofold higher than the rate estimated based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnosis. The anti-S seropositive rate was 38.7% in August and it reached 90.8% in December, in concordance with the vaccination rate in Japan. In the December cohort, 78.7% of the sera showed neutralizing activity against the Delta variant, whereas that against the Omicron was much lower at 36.6%.Conclusions These analyses revealed that herd immunity against SARS-CoV-2 including the Delta variant was established in December 2021, leading to convergence of the variants. The low neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant suggests the need for the further promotion of the prompt three-dose vaccination to overcome this variant’s imminent 6th wave in Japan.Summary Seroepidemiologic study of COVID-19 on December 2021 in Japan showed neutralizing antibodies for Delta were 78.7%, indicating the acquisition of herd immunity by mass vaccination leading to convergence while those for Omicron were only 36.6%, indicating need of booster vaccination..
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