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ArticleGut microbes2018

Rotavirus vaccine response correlates with the infant gut microbiota composition in Pakistan.

Vanessa Harris, Asad Ali, Susana Fuentes, Katri Korpela, Momin Kazi, Jacqueline Tate, Umesh Parashar, W Joost Wiersinga, Carlo Giaquinto, Carolina de Weerth and 1 more

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Article in Gut microbes, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 194 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Vanessa Harrisa Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development and Department of Global Health, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4881-5263
Asad Alic Department of Pediatrics and Child Health , Aga Khan University , Karachi , Pakistan.
Susana Fuentesc Department of Pediatrics and Child Health , Aga Khan University , Karachi , Pakistan.
Katri Korpelad Laboratory of Microbiology , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands.
Momin Kazic Department of Pediatrics and Child Health , Aga Khan University , Karachi , Pakistan.
Jacqueline Tatef Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
Umesh Parasharf Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
W Joost Wiersingab Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Academic Medical Center , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.
Carlo Giaquintog Department of Paediatrics , University of Padova , Padova , Italy.
Carolina de Weerthh Behavioral Science Institute, Department of Developmental Psychology , Radboud University , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Willem M de Vosd Laboratory of Microbiology , Wageningen University , Wageningen , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0273-3166
Aga Khan University · PKAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLNational Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases · USUniversity of Helsinki · FIRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rotavirus (RV) is the leading cause of diarrhea-related death in children worldwide and ninety-five percent of rotavirus deaths occur in Africa and Asia. Rotavirus vaccines (RVV) can dramatically reduce RV deaths, but have low efficacy in low-income settings where they are most needed. The intestinal microbiome may contribute to this decreased RVV efficacy. This pilot study hypothesizes that infants' intestinal microbiota composition correlates with RVV immune responses and that RVV responders have different gut microbiota as compared to non-responders. We conducted a nested, matched case-control study comparing the pre-vaccination intestinal microbiota composition between 10 6-week old Pakistani RVV-responders, 10 6-week old Pakistani RVV non-responders, and 10 healthy Dutch infants.  RVV response was defined as an Immunoglobulin A of ≥20 IU/mL following Rotarix™(RV1) vaccination in an infant with a pre-vaccination IgA<20. Infants were matched in a 1:1 ratio using ranked variables: RV1 dosing schedule (6/10/14; 6/10; or 10/14 weeks), RV season, delivery mode, delivery place, breastfeeding practices, age and gender. Fecal microbiota analysis was performed using a highly reproducible phylogenetic microarray. RV1 response correlated with a higher relative abundance of bacteria belonging to Clostridium cluster XI and Proteobacteria, including bacteria related to Serratia and Escherichia coli. Remarkably, abundance of these Proteobacteria was also significantly higher in Dutch infants when compared to RV1-non-responders in Pakistan. This small but carefully matched study showed the intestinal microbiota composition to correlate with RV1 seroconversion in Pakistan infants, identifying signatures shared with healthy Dutch infants.

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PhylogenyAntibodies, ViralBacteriaCase-Control StudiesFecesFemaleGastroenteritisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansImmunoglobulin AInfantMalePakistanPilot ProjectsRotavirusRotavirus InfectionsAntibodies, ViralImmunoglobulin ARotavirus Vaccinesintestinal microbesrotavirus vaccineseroconversionvaccine immunogenicity

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PMID28891751
PMCPMC5989807
OpenAlexW2754762941

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