Immunological imprinting of humoral immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in children

Abstract Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 are globally dominant and infection rates are very high in children. We determined immune responses following Omicron BA.1/2 infection in children aged 6-14 years and related this to prior and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination. Primary Omicron infection elicited a weak antibody response with poor functional neutralizing antibodies. Subsequent Omicron reinfection or COVID-19 vaccination elicited increased antibody titres with broad neutralisation of Omicron subvariants. Prior pre-Omicron SARS-CoV-2 virus infection or vaccination primed for robust antibody responses following Omicron infection but these remained primarily focussed against ancestral variants. Primary Omicron infection thus elicits a weak antibody response in children which is boosted after reinfection or vaccination. Cellular responses were robust and broadly equivalent in all groups, providing protection against severe disease irrespective of SARS-CoV-2 variant. Immunological imprinting is likely to act as an important determinant of long-term humoral immunity, the future clinical importance of which is unknown..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 23. Apr. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dowell, Alexander C. [VerfasserIn]
Lancaster, Tara [VerfasserIn]
Bruton, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Ireland, Georgina [VerfasserIn]
Bentley, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Sylla, Panagiota [VerfasserIn]
Zuo, Jianmin [VerfasserIn]
Scott, Sam [VerfasserIn]
Jadir, Azar [VerfasserIn]
Begum, Jusnara [VerfasserIn]
Roberts, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Stephens, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Ditta, Shabana [VerfasserIn]
Shepherdson, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Powell, Annabel A. [VerfasserIn]
Brent, Andrew J. [VerfasserIn]
Brent, Bernadette [VerfasserIn]
Baawuah, Frances [VerfasserIn]
Okike, Ifeanyichukwu [VerfasserIn]
Beckmann, Joanne [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Shazaad [VerfasserIn]
Aiano, Felicity [VerfasserIn]
Garstang, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Ramsay, Mary E. [VerfasserIn]
Azad, Rafaq [VerfasserIn]
Waiblinger, Dagmar [VerfasserIn]
Willett, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Wright, John [VerfasserIn]
Ladhani, Shamez N. [VerfasserIn]
Moss, Paul [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2022.07.26.501570

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

XBI036715808