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The SARS-CoV-2 Variant Omicron Is Able to Escape Vaccine-Induced Humoral Immune Responses, but Is Counteracted by Booster Vaccination.

Florian D Hastert, Sascha Hein, Christine von Rhein, Nuka Ivalu Benz, Younes Husria, Doris Oberle, Thorsten J Maier, Eberhard Hildt, Barbara S Schnierle

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Florian D HastertDepartment of Virology, Section AIDS and Newly Emerging Pathogens, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9961-5766
Sascha HeinDepartment of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7257-4538
Christine von RheinDepartment of Virology, Section AIDS and Newly Emerging Pathogens, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Nuka Ivalu BenzDepartment of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0745-174X
Younes HusriaDepartment of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Doris OberleDivision of Pharmacovigilance, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Thorsten J MaierDivision of Pharmacovigilance, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.
Eberhard HildtDepartment of Virology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3020-9564
Barbara S SchnierleDepartment of Virology, Section AIDS and Newly Emerging Pathogens, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, 63225 Langen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9563-4564
Paul Ehrlich Institut · DE

Funding

Federal Ministry of Health CHARIS-6aFederal Ministry of Health Varipath 6b
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron has spread world-wide and is responsible for rapid increases in infections, including in populations with high vaccination rates. Here, we analysed in the sera of vaccinated individuals the antibody binding to the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein and the neutralization of wild-type (WT), Delta (B.1.617.2), and Omicron (B.1.1.529; BA.1) pseudotyped vectors. Although sera from individuals immunized with vector vaccines (Vaxzevria; AZ and COVID-19 Janssen, Ad26.COV2.S; J&J) were able to bind and neutralize WT and Delta, they showed only background levels towards Omicron. In contrast, mRNA (Comirnaty; BNT) or heterologous (AZ/BNT) vaccines induced weak, but detectable responses against Omicron. While RBD-binding antibody levels decreased significantly six months after full vaccination, the SARS-CoV-2 RBD-directed avidity remained constant. However, this still coincided with a significant decrease in neutralization activity against all variants. A third booster vaccination with BNT significantly increased the humoral immune responses against all tested variants, including Omicron. In conclusion, only vaccination schedules that included at least one dose of mRNA vaccine and especially an mRNA booster vaccination induced sufficient antibody levels with neutralization capacity against multiple variants, including Omicron.

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DeltaneutralizationOmicronSARS-CoV-2vaccine

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PMID35632550
PMCPMC9144538
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