Version 1
: Received: 30 May 2018 / Approved: 31 May 2018 / Online: 31 May 2018 (10:51:16 CEST)
Version 2
: Received: 5 July 2018 / Approved: 6 July 2018 / Online: 6 July 2018 (07:53:32 CEST)
Plant, E.P.; Eick-Cost, A.A.; Ezzeldin, H.; Sanchez, J.L.; Ye, Z.; Cooper, M.J. The Effects of Birth Year, Age and Sex on Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination. Vaccines2018, 6, 39.
Plant, E.P.; Eick-Cost, A.A.; Ezzeldin, H.; Sanchez, J.L.; Ye, Z.; Cooper, M.J. The Effects of Birth Year, Age and Sex on Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination. Vaccines 2018, 6, 39.
Plant, E.P.; Eick-Cost, A.A.; Ezzeldin, H.; Sanchez, J.L.; Ye, Z.; Cooper, M.J. The Effects of Birth Year, Age and Sex on Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination. Vaccines2018, 6, 39.
Plant, E.P.; Eick-Cost, A.A.; Ezzeldin, H.; Sanchez, J.L.; Ye, Z.; Cooper, M.J. The Effects of Birth Year, Age and Sex on Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibody Responses to Influenza Vaccination. Vaccines 2018, 6, 39.
Abstract
The first exposure to influenza is thought to impact subsequent immune responses later in life. The consequences of this can be seen during influenza epidemics and pandemics with differences in morbidity and mortality for different birth cohorts. With the development of new universal vaccines there is need for better understanding of how vaccine responses are affected by early exposures to influenza viruses. In this analysis of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody responses in two cohorts of military personnel we noticed differences related to birth year. These data suggest that HI antibody production, in response to influenza vaccination, is affected by influenza activity in the years following birth. The magnitude of this antibody response is associated with, among other factors, the influenza strain that circulated following birth.
Keywords
influenza; serum; IgG; humoral antibody; original antigenic sin; hemagglutinin
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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