SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections elicit potent, broad, and durable neutralizing antibody responses.
Cell
; 185(5): 872-880.e3, 2022 03 03.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1699915
ABSTRACT
Although infections among vaccinated individuals lead to milder COVID-19 symptoms relative to those in unvaccinated subjects, the specificity and durability of antibody responses elicited by breakthrough cases remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that breakthrough infections induce serum-binding and -neutralizing antibody responses that are markedly more potent, durable, and resilient to spike mutations observed in variants than those in subjects who received only 2 doses of vaccine. However, we show that breakthrough cases, subjects who were vaccinated after infection, and individuals vaccinated three times have serum-neutralizing activity of comparable magnitude and breadth, indicating that an increased number of exposures to SARS-CoV-2 antigen(s) enhance the quality of antibody responses. Neutralization of SARS-CoV was moderate, however, underscoring the importance of developing vaccines eliciting broad sarbecovirus immunity for pandemic preparedness.
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Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Language:
English
Journal:
Cell
Year:
2022
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Article
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