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ArticleVaccines2023

Impact of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 Viral Infection on Immunoglobulin-IgG Cross-Reactivity.

Joud Mohammed AlKhalifah, Waleed Seddiq, Mohammed Abdullah Alshehri, Abdulkarim Alhetheel, Ahmed Albarrag, Sultan Ayoub Meo, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Mazin Barry

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Joud Mohammed AlKhalifahCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3474-625X
Waleed SeddiqCenter for Stem Cell and Translational Immunotherapy (CSTI), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2756-029X
Mohammed Abdullah AlshehriCollege of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulkarim AlhetheelDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed AlbarragDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Sultan Ayoub MeoDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-9820-1852
Jaffar A Al-TawfiqDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5752-2235
Mazin BarryDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2274-007X
King Saud University · SABrigham and Women's Hospital · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia RSP 2023 R 47
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has posed a considerable threat to public health and global economies. SARS-CoV-2 has largely affected a vast world population and was declared a COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, with a substantial surge of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting all aspects of the virus' natural course of infection and immunity. The cross-reactivity between the different coronaviruses is still a knowledge gap in the understanding of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This study aimed to investigate the impact of MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 viral infections on immunoglobulin-IgG cross-reactivity. Our retrospective cohort study hypothesized the possible reactivation of immunity in individuals with a history of infection to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) when infected with SARS-CoV-2. The total number of participants included was 34; among them, 22 (64.7%) were males, and 12 (35.29%) were females. The mean age of the participants was 40.3 ± 12.9 years. This study compared immunoglobulin (IgG) levels against SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV across various groups with various histories of infection. The results showed that a reactive borderline IgG against both MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 in participants with past infection to both viruses was 40% compared with 37.5% among those with past infection with MERS-CoV alone. Our study results establish that individuals infected with both SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV showed higher MERS-CoV IgG levels compared with those of individuals infected previously with MERS-CoV alone and compared with those of individuals in the control. The results further highlight cross-adaptive immunity between MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV. Our study concludes that individuals with previous infections with both MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 showed significantly higher MERS-CoV IgG levels compared with those of individuals infected only with MERS-CoV and compared with those of individuals in the control, suggesting cross-adaptive immunity between MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV.

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coronavirusescross-immunityimmunityMERS-CoVSARS-CoV-2

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PMID36992136
PMCPMC10054476
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