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Impact of flavivirus vaccine-induced immunity on primary Zika virus antibody response in humans

Published inPLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 14, no. 2, e0008034
Publication date2020
Abstract

Zika virus has recently spread to South- and Central America, causing congenital birth defects and neurological complications. Many people at risk are flavivirus pre-immune due to prior infections with other flaviviruses (e.g. dengue virus) or flavivirus vaccinations. Since pre-existing cross-reactive immunity can potentially modulate antibody responses to Zika virus infection and may affect the outcome of disease, we analyzed fine-specificity as well as virus-neutralizing and infection-enhancing activities of antibodies induced by a primary Zika virus infection in flavivirus-naïve as well as yellow fever- and/or tick-borne encephalitis-vaccinated individuals.

Keywords
  • Antibodies, Viral/blood
  • Antibody Affinity
  • Antigens, Viral/immunology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G/blood
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Viral Envelope Proteins/immunology
  • Viral Vaccines/immunology
  • Zika Virus/genetics/immunology
  • Zika Virus Infection/prevention & control
Citation (ISO format)
MALAFA, Stefan et al. Impact of flavivirus vaccine-induced immunity on primary Zika virus antibody response in humans. In: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020, vol. 14, n° 2, p. e0008034. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008034
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Journal ISSN1935-2727
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