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Editor, Senior Moderator
Viruses
. 2021 Jan 18;13(1):E127.
doi: 10.3390/v13010127.
Gaps in Serologic Immunity against Contemporary Swine-Origin Influenza A Viruses among Healthy Individuals in the United States
Joshua N Lorbach[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Theresa Fitzgerald[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Carolyn Nolan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jacqueline M Nolting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John J Treanor[SUP] 3 [/SUP], David J Topham[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Andrew S Bowman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Influenza A Viruses (IAV) in domestic swine (IAV-S) are associated with sporadic zoonotic transmission at the human-animal interface. Previous pandemic IAVs originated from animals, which emphasizes the importance of characterizing human immunity against the increasingly diverse IAV-S. We analyzed serum samples from healthy human donors (n = 153) using hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) assay to assess existing serologic protection against a panel of contemporary IAV-S isolated from swine in the United States (n = 11). Age-specific seroprotection rates (SPR), which are the proportion of individuals with HAI ≥ 1:40, corresponded with lower or moderate pandemic risk classifications for the multiple IAV-S examined (one H1-δ1, one H1-δ2, three H3-IVA, one H3-IVB, one H3-IVF). Individuals born between 2004 and 2013 had SPRs of 0% for the five classified H3 subtype IAV-S, indicating youth may be particularly predisposed to infection with these viruses. Expansion of existing immunologic gaps over time could increase likelihood of future IAV-S spillover to humans and facilitate subsequent sustained human-to-human transmission resulting in disease outbreaks with pandemic potential.
Keywords: immunology; influenza A virus; orthomyxovirus; serology; swine; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jan 18;13(1):E127.
doi: 10.3390/v13010127.
Gaps in Serologic Immunity against Contemporary Swine-Origin Influenza A Viruses among Healthy Individuals in the United States
Joshua N Lorbach[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Theresa Fitzgerald[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Carolyn Nolan[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Jacqueline M Nolting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], John J Treanor[SUP] 3 [/SUP], David J Topham[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Andrew S Bowman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33477472
- DOI: 10.3390/v13010127
Abstract
Influenza A Viruses (IAV) in domestic swine (IAV-S) are associated with sporadic zoonotic transmission at the human-animal interface. Previous pandemic IAVs originated from animals, which emphasizes the importance of characterizing human immunity against the increasingly diverse IAV-S. We analyzed serum samples from healthy human donors (n = 153) using hemagglutination-inhibition (HAI) assay to assess existing serologic protection against a panel of contemporary IAV-S isolated from swine in the United States (n = 11). Age-specific seroprotection rates (SPR), which are the proportion of individuals with HAI ≥ 1:40, corresponded with lower or moderate pandemic risk classifications for the multiple IAV-S examined (one H1-δ1, one H1-δ2, three H3-IVA, one H3-IVB, one H3-IVF). Individuals born between 2004 and 2013 had SPRs of 0% for the five classified H3 subtype IAV-S, indicating youth may be particularly predisposed to infection with these viruses. Expansion of existing immunologic gaps over time could increase likelihood of future IAV-S spillover to humans and facilitate subsequent sustained human-to-human transmission resulting in disease outbreaks with pandemic potential.
Keywords: immunology; influenza A virus; orthomyxovirus; serology; swine; zoonoses.