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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Volume 162, Issue 1, Pages 163-168Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14686
Keywords
hemagglutinin stem; immunization in pregnancy; influenza vaccine; maternal vaccination; neonatal immunology; transplacental antibodies
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the antibody response to the influenza vaccine during pregnancy and its transfer to the infant. The results showed that hemagglutinin stem-specific IgG was boosted more robustly than whole vaccine titers. Additionally, hemagglutinin stem-specific IgG was found to be concentrated in cord blood and dominated by IgG1 subclass.
ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to evaluate hemagglutinin stem-specific antibody response to the influenza vaccine during pregnancy and its transfer to the infant. MethodsThe authors assessed antibody titers among maternal participants and their paired neonate's cord blood (CB) using enzyme-linked immunoassay. Fifteen pregnant participants pre-2019 and post-2019 seasonal influenza vaccine were compared with 18 prenatally vaccinated participants with paired neonatal CB samples. Total IgG and IgG subclass titers specific for whole vaccine antigens versus recombinant hemagglutinin stem-specific antigen were compared using Wilcoxon exact test. ResultsHemagglutinin stem-specific IgG was boosted more robustly than whole vaccine titers when comparing postvaccine versus prevaccine log(2) IgG ratios (P = 0.04). Hemagglutinin stem-specific IgG titers were boosted postvaccination (prevaccine: 14.5 [95% confidence interval, 13.8-15.2] vs. postvaccine: 16 [95% confidence interval, 15.2-16.8], P = 0.004). While IgG to whole vaccine was similar in neonatal CB and maternal plasma (P = 0.09), hemagglutinin stem-specific IgG concentrated in CB (P = 0.002), which was dominated by IgG1 subclass (analysis of variance P < 0.05). ConclusionThese data demonstrate the ability of pregnant women to generate a more robust antibody response to the stem region compared with the head region of hemagglutinin with transplacental transfer of IgG.
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