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ArticleVaccine2021

Maternal transfer of neutralizing antibodies to B. burgdorferi OspA after oral vaccination of the rodent reservoir.

Kathryn Phillip, Nisha Nair, Kamalika Samanta, Jose F Azevedo, Grant D Brown, Christine A Petersen, Maria Gomes-Solecki

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Article in Vaccine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathryn PhillipUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Comparative Medicine, United States.
Nisha NairUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, United States.
Kamalika SamantaUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, United States.
Jose F AzevedoUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, United States.
Grant D BrownUniversity of Iowa, Department of Biostatistics, United States.
Christine A PetersenUniversity of Iowa, Department of Epidemiology, United States; Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States.
Maria Gomes-SoleckiUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, United States. Electronic address: mgomesso@uthsc.edu.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Field trial and modeling of transmission blocking vaccine to prevent Lyme diseaseR01AI139267 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI BROWN, GRANT D, GOMES-SOLECKI, MARIA · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
Antibody isotyping for discrimination of disease stage and diagnosis of early Lyme disease.R43AI155211 · NIAID · IMMUNO TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · PI GOMES-SOLECKI, MARIA · 2020 to 2021
$594k
Low-cost Production of a Vaccine for Lyme Disease in MaizeR43AI152650 · NIAID · APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE · PI EGELKROUT, ERIN, GOMES-SOLECKI, MARIA · 2021 to 2022
$594k
Role of TLR4 in persistent Leptospira infectionR21AI142129 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI GOMES-SOLECKI, MARIA · 2019 to 2020
$418k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI139267NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI142129NIAID NIH HHS R43 AI152650NIAID NIH HHS R43 AI155211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme Disease presents unique challenges for public health. Transfer of protective antibodies between mothers and offspring should occur after vaccination of mice. We present new evidence for maternal transfer of oral vaccine induced neutralizing anti-OspA IgG antibodies to mouse pups mainly through ingestion of colostrum. We found a strong statistical correlation of antibody transfer between mothers that produced the most robust IgG response to OspA and their respective pups. OspA-specific antibody was detected as early as 24 h after birth and protective levels of antibodies lasted until ~5 weeks of age in the majority of pups but persisted in some mice until 9 weeks. This was further supported by detection of neutralizing antibodies in serum of all pups at 2-3 weeks after birth and in some offspring adult mice at 9 weeks of age. A clear association was found between robust antibody responses in mothers and the length of time antibody persisted in the respective pups using a novel longitudinal Bayesian model. These factors are likely to impact the enzootic cycle of B. burgdorferi if reservoir targeted OspA-based vaccination interventions are implemented.

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiLyme DiseaseAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBayes TheoremMiceRodentiaVaccinationAntibodies, BacterialAntibodies, NeutralizingAntigens, SurfaceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBayesian modellingBorrelia burgdorferiLyme diseaseMaternal-transferOral vaccinationOspA

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PMID34172332
PMCPMC8495753
OpenAlexW3173322319

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