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ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2018

Investigating the Legacy of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Age-Related Seroepidemiology and Immune Responses to Subsequent Influenza A(H1N1) Viruses Through a Structural Equation Model.

Cheryl X P Chuah, Rachel L Lim, Mark I C Chen

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Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pediatric Otolaryngology in COVID-19.Otolaryngologic clinics of North America · 2022
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  2. COVID-19 in Children: Where do we Stand?Archives of medical research · 2022
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  4. The 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Looking Back, Looking Forward.American journal of epidemiology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheryl X P ChuahSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Rachel L LimSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
Mark I C ChenSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SGNational University Health System · SG

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A(H1N1) strains of Influenzavirus were responsible for 2 pandemics in the last 100 years. Because infections experienced early in life may have a long-lasting influence on future immune response against other influenza strains, we drew on previously collected seroincidence data from Singapore (n = 2,554; June-October 2009) to investigate whether the 1918 pandemic influenza virus and its early descendants produced an age-related signature in immune responses against the A/California/7/2009(H1N1)pdm09 virus of 2009. Hemagglutination inhibition assays revealed a J-shaped relationship; the oldest birth cohort (born in 1911-1926) had the highest titers, followed by the youngest (born in 1987-1992). Differential response by vaccination history was also observed, with seasonal influenza vaccine being associated with higher titers mainly in the oldest birth cohort. On the assumption that antibody titers are a correlate of protection, structural equation modeling predicted that a titer-mediated effect by the vaccine could, on its own, account for a negative association with seroconversion equivalent to a risk reduction of 23% (relative risk = 0.77, 95% confidence interval: 0.60, 0.99) in the oldest birth cohort. A subset of 503 samples tested against the A/Brisbane/59/2007(H1N1) and A/Puerto Rico/8/1934(H1N1) strains also revealed different age-related antibody profiles. The effectiveness of seasonal influenza vaccines against future pandemic strains could thus be age-dependent and related to early-life exposures.

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Age DistributionAntibodies, ViralHemagglutination TestsHistory, 20th CenturyHumansInfluenza A Virus, H1N1 SubtypeInfluenza, HumanInfluenza Pandemic, 1918-1919Influenza VaccinesModels, TheoreticalSeroconversionSex DistributionAntibodies, ViralInfluenza Vaccines

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