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ArticleClinical and vaccine immunology : CVI2012

High titer and avidity of nonneutralizing antibodies against influenza vaccine antigen are associated with severe influenza.

Kelvin K W To, Anna J X Zhang, Ivan F N Hung, Ting Xu, Whitney C T Ip, Rebecca T Y Wong, Joseph C K Ng, Jasper F W Chan, Kwok-Hung Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen

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Article in Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers.

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61 citing papers in PubMed, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kelvin K W ToResearch Centre of Infection and Immunology, State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Anna J X Zhang
Ivan F N Hung
Ting Xu
Whitney C T Ip
Rebecca T Y Wong
Joseph C K Ng
Jasper F W Chan
Kwok-Hung Chan
Kwok-Yung Yuen
University of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of neutralizing antibody in protection against influenza virus is well established, but the role of the early antibody response during the initial stage of infection in affecting the severity of disease is unknown. The 2009 influenza pandemic provided a unique opportunity for study because most patients lacked preexisting neutralizing antibody. In this study, we compared the antibody responses of 52 patients with severe or mild disease, using sera collected at admission. A microneutralization (MN) assay was used to detect neutralizing antibody. We also developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which detects both neutralizing and nonneutralizing antibodies against viral antigens from a split-virion inactivated monovalent influenza virus vaccine. While the MN titers were not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.764), the ELISA titer and ELISA/MN titer ratio were significantly higher for patients with severe disease than for those with mild disease (P = 0.004 and P = 0.011, respectively). This finding suggested that in patients with severe disease, a larger proportion of serum antibodies were antibodies with no detectable neutralizing activity. The antibody avidity was also significantly higher in patients with severe disease than in those with mild disease (P < 0.05). Among patients with severe disease, those who required positive pressure ventilation (PPV) had significantly higher ELISA titers than those who did not require PPV (P < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that the ELISA titer and antibody avidity were independently associated with severe disease. Higher titers of nonneutralizing antibody with higher avidity at the early stage of influenza virus infection may be associated with worse clinical severity and poorer outcomes.

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Antibody AffinityAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, ViralEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanMaleMiddle AgedNeutralization TestsOrthomyxoviridaeAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntigens, Viral

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PMID22573737
PMCPMC3393364
OpenAlexW2029718265

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