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ArticleImmunity, inflammation and disease2023

Achievement of sufficient antibody response after a fourth dose of wild-type SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in nursing home residents.

Yong Chong, Takeyuki Goto, Haruka Watanabe, Naoki Tani, Akiko Yonekawa, Hideyuki Ikematsu, Nobuyuki Shimono, Yosuke Tanaka, Koichi Akashi

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Article in Immunity, inflammation and disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Yong ChongDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8804-3181
Takeyuki GotoDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka, Japan.
Haruka WatanabeDepartment of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology, and Infectious Disease, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Naoki TaniDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka, Japan.
Akiko YonekawaDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka, Japan.
Hideyuki IkematsuDivision of Influenza Research, Japan Physicians Association, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuyuki ShimonoDepartment of Center for the Study of Global Infection, Center for the Study of Global Infection, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yosuke TanakaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Medical Corporation SOUSEIKAI, Kanenokuma Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koichi AkashiDepartment of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Fukuoka, Japan.
Kyushu University · JPKyushu University Hospital · JPJapan Medical Association · JPSOUSEIKAI Global Clinical Research Center · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfection control during COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing facilities is a critical public health issue. Antibody responses before and after the fourth (second booster) dose of wild-type severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine in nursing home residents have not been fully characterized.

methodsThis study included 112 individuals: 54 nursing home residents (mean age: 84.4 years; 35 SARS-CoV-2-naive and 19 previously infected) and 58 healthcare workers (mean age: 47.7 years; 25 SARS-CoV-2-naive and 33 previously infected). Antispike and antinucleocapsid antibody responses to messenger RNA vaccination were evaluated using serum samples collected shortly and 5 months after the third dose, and shortly after the fourth dose.

resultsThe median immunoglobulin G (IgG) level in SARS-CoV-2-naive residents was similar to that in SARS-CoV-2-naive healthcare workers after the fourth dose (24,026.3 vs. 30,328.6 AU/mL, p = .79), whereas after the third dose the IgG level of SARS-CoV-2-naive residents was approximately twofold lower than that in SARS-CoV-2-naive healthcare workers. In residents with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, timing of infection in relation to vaccination affected the kinetics of antibody responses. Residents infected after the third dose showed the highest IgG levels after the fourth dose among all groups (median: 64,328.8 AU/mL), in contrast to residents infected before initiating vaccination with antibody levels similar to those of SARS-CoV-2-naive residents.

conclusionsAdvanced aged nursing home residents, poor responders in the initial SARS-CoV-2 vaccine series, could achieve sufficient antibody responses after the fourth (second booster) vaccination, comparable to those of younger adults.

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