ACKERMANN-GÄUMANN, Rahel, Arthur BRÊCHET, Jan SMETANA, Jiří SALÁT, Reto LIENHARD, Antony CROXATTO, Petra POLCAROVÁ, Roman CHLÍBEK and Daniel RŮŽEK. Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis elicits a detectable NS1 IgG antibody response. Journal of Virological Methods. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2023, vol. 322, December, p. 1-6. ISSN 0166-0934. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2023.114831.
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Original name Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis elicits a detectable NS1 IgG antibody response
Authors ACKERMANN-GÄUMANN, Rahel, Arthur BRÊCHET, Jan SMETANA, Jiří SALÁT (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Reto LIENHARD, Antony CROXATTO, Petra POLCAROVÁ, Roman CHLÍBEK and Daniel RŮŽEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Virological Methods, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2023, 0166-0934.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10607 Virology
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.100 in 2022
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132669
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2023.114831
UT WoS 001104252700001
Keywords in English Tick-borne encephalitis; Antibody; Non-structural protein 1; NS1; Vaccination; Flavivirus
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS., učo 437722. Changed: 19/1/2024 10:02.
Abstract
Vaccine-induced protection against tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is mediated by antibodies to the viral particle/envelope protein. The detection of non-structural protein 1 (NS1) specific antibodies has been suggested as a marker indicative of natural infections. However, recent work has shown that TBEV vaccines contain traces of NS1, and immunization of mice induced low amounts of NS1-specific antibodies. In this study, we investigated if vaccination induces TBEV NS1-specific antibodies in humans. Healthy army members (n = 898) were asked to fill in a questionnaire relating to flavivirus vaccination or infection, and blood samples were collected. In addition, samples of 71 suspected acute TBE cases were included. All samples were screened for the presence of TBEV NS1-specific IgG antibodies using an in-house developed ELISA. Antibodies were quantified as percent positivity in reference to a positive control. For qualitative evaluation, cut-off for positivity was defined based on the mean OD of the lower 95% of the vaccinated individuals + 3 SD. We found significantly higher NS1-specific IgG antibody titers (i.e., quantitative evaluation) in individuals having received 2, 3, or 4 or more vaccine doses than in non-vaccinated individuals. Similarly, the percentage of individuals with a positive test result (i.e., qualitative evaluation) was higher in individuals vaccinated against tick-borne encephalitis than in unvaccinated study participants. Although NS1-specific IgG titers remained at a relatively low level when compared to TBE patients, a clear distinction was not always possible. Establishing a clear cut-off point in detection systems is critical for NS1-specific antibodies to serve as a marker for distinguishing the immune response after vaccination and infection.
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LM2018127, research and development projectName: Česká infrastruktura pro integrativní strukturní biologii (Acronym: CIISB)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
NU22-05-00659, research and development projectName: Neutralizační nanoprotilátky jako potenciální terapeutika klíšťové encefalitidy
Investor: Ministry of Health of the CR, Subprogram 1 - standard
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