Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v14020370
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; vaccine response; antibodies; mRNA-1273
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This study describes the antibody responses to mRNA vaccines in a cohort of 102 subjects, showing that a single exposure to antigen induces a variable antibody response affected by demographic factors and co-morbidities. The study also finds that COVID-19-experienced individuals achieve higher antibody levels and neutralization activity. Furthermore, COVID-19-naive individuals tend to have a stronger response to the Moderna vaccine compared to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Understanding the magnitude of responses to vaccination during the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is essential for ultimate mitigation of the disease. Here, we describe a cohort of 102 subjects (70 COVID-19-naive, 32 COVID-19-experienced) who received two doses of one of the mRNA vaccines (BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna)). We document that a single exposure to antigen via infection or vaccination induces a variable antibody response which is affected by age, gender, race, and co-morbidities. In response to a second antigen dose, both COVID-19-naive and experienced subjects exhibited elevated levels of anti-spike and SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing activity; however, COVID-19-experienced individuals achieved higher antibody levels and neutralization activity as a group. The COVID-19-experienced subjects exhibited no significant increase in antibody or neutralization titer in response to the second vaccine dose (i.e., third antigen exposure). Finally, we found that COVID-19-naive individuals who received the Moderna vaccine exhibited a more robust boost response to the second vaccine dose (p = 0.004) as compared to the response to Pfizer-BioNTech. Ongoing studies with this cohort will continue to contribute to our understanding of the range and durability of responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines.
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