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ArticleNature communications2023

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 variants following SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination in children.

Lorenza Bellusci, Gabrielle Grubbs, Shaimaa Sait, Lael M Yonker, Adrienne G Randolph, Tanya Novak, Takuma Kobayashi, Overcoming COVID−19 Investigators, Surender Khurana

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. 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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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lorenza BellusciDivision of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
Gabrielle GrubbsDivision of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4302-9535
Shaimaa SaitDivision of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
Lael M YonkerMucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1711-8227
Adrienne G RandolphDepartment of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3084-3071
Tanya NovakDepartment of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7115-7545
Takuma KobayashiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Overcoming COVID−19 Investigators
Surender KhuranaDivision of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), FDA, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA. Surender.Khurana@fda.hhs.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-0593-7965
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Defining neutrophil pathobiology in pediatric Long COVIDR01HL173059 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lael Yonker · 2024 to 2026
$2.4M
Mechanistically Disentangling the Infected, Inflamed LungK08HL143183 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI YONKER, LAEL · 2018 to 2022
$869k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL143183NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL173059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emergence of highly transmissible Omicron subvariants led to increased SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease in children. However, minimal knowledge exists regarding the neutralization capacity against circulating Omicron BA.4/BA.5, BA.2.75, BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 subvariants following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in children versus during acute or convalescent COVID-19, or versus multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Here, we evaluate virus-neutralizing capacity against SARS-CoV-2 variants in 151 age-stratified children ( <5, 5-11, 12-21 years old) hospitalized with acute severe COVID-19 or MIS-C or convalescent mild (outpatient) infection compared with 62 age-stratified vaccinated children. An age-associated effect on neutralizing antibodies is observed against SARS-CoV-2 following acute COVID-19 or vaccination. The primary series BNT162b2 mRNA vaccinated adolescents show higher vaccine-homologous WA-1 neutralizing titers compared with <12 years vaccinated children. Post-infection antibodies did not neutralize BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 subvariants. In contrast, monovalent mRNA vaccination induces more cross-neutralizing antibodies in young children <5 years against BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 variants compared with ≥5 years old children. Our study demonstrates that in children, infection and monovalent vaccination-induced neutralization activity is low against BQ.1, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 variants. These findings suggest a need for improved SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to induce durable, more cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies to provide effective protection against emerging variants in children.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2AdolescentAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesChildChild, PreschoolCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansRNA, MessengerSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeVaccinationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineBroadly Neutralizing AntibodiesCOVID-19 VaccinesRNA, Messenger

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PMID38040697
PMCPMC10692185
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