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- Title
Vaccine strain affects seroconversion after influenza vaccination in COPD patients and healthy older people.
- Authors
Snape, Natale; Anderson, Gary P.; Irving, Louis B.; Jarnicki, Andrew G.; Hurt, Aeron C.; Collins, Tina; Xi, Yang; Upham, John W.
- Abstract
Though clinical guidelines recommend influenza vaccination for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and other high-risk populations, it is unclear whether current vaccination strategies induce optimal antibody responses. This study aimed to identify key variables associated with strain-specific antibody responses in COPD patients and healthy older people. 76 COPD and 72 healthy participants were recruited from two Australian centres and inoculated with influenza vaccine. Serum strain-specific antibody titres were measured pre- and post-inoculation. Seroconversion rate was the primary endpoint. Antibody responses varied between vaccine strains. The highest rates of seroconversion were seen with novel strains (36–55%), with lesser responses to strains included in the vaccine in more than one consecutive year (27–33%). Vaccine responses were similar in COPD patients and healthy participants. Vaccine strain, hypertension and latitude were independent predictors of seroconversion. Our findings reassure that influenza vaccination is equally immunogenic in COPD patients and healthy older people; however, there is room for improvement. There may be a need to personalise the yearly influenza vaccine, including consideration of pre-existing antibody titres, in order to target gaps in individual antibody repertoires and improve protection.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA; OLDER people; INFLUENZA vaccines; OLDER patients; SEROCONVERSION; CHRONIC obstructive pulmonary disease
- Publication
NPJ Vaccines, 2022, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2059-0105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41541-021-00422-4