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ArticleVaccines2025

COVID-19 Vaccination Enhances the Immunogenicity of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in the Elderly.

Engin Berber, Fani Pantouli, Hannah B Hanley, Ted M Ross

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Engin BerberDepartment of Infection Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0420-7714
Fani PantouliFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34987, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1767-7248
Hannah B HanleyCenter for Vaccines and Immunology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Ted M RossDepartment of Infection Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1947-7469

Funding

COVID Supplement - COMPONENT A OF THE COLLABORATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE INNOVATION CENTERS (CIVICS) PROGRAM TO DESIGN AND EVALUATE INNOVATIVE INFLUENZA VACCINE APPROACHES,75N93019C00052 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI ROSS, TED · 2019 to 2025
$74.6M
Georgia Research Alliance GRA-001NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00052
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesThe co-circulation of both influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2 poses a significant health risk, especially for the elderly. While vaccination against both diseases remains an effective strategy to reduce the burden of symptomatic infections, the effect of administering COVID-19 mRNA and seasonal influenza vaccines (COV-Flu) on elicited antibody responses has not been explored.

methodsParticipants between 18 and 90 years old were vaccinated with COVID-19 mRNA vaccines (

resultsThe administration of influenza virus vaccines and COVID-19 mRNA vaccines within a three-month period significantly enhanced the post-vaccination HAI titers against both influenza A and B vaccine components, particularly in the elderly (65-90) participants. There were no significant differences in SARS-CoV-2 neutralization titers in COV-Flu participants compared to mono-COVID-19 participants.

conclusionsVaccination with both the COVID-19 mRNA and influenza vaccines enhances influenza-specific HAI titers without compromising the neutralization titers elicited by COVID-19 mRNA vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, especially in the elderly. These findings indicate the potential benefits of this approach, particularly for older adults, by boosting influenza virus vaccine-induced serum HAI activity while maintaining COVID-19 protective immunity.

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COVID-19elderlyinfluenza vaccinemRNA vaccine

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PMID40432140
PMCPMC12116172

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