Differences of IgG antibody avidity after an acellular pertussis (aP) booster in adolescents after a whole cell (wcP) or aP primary vaccination
2013
Prelog, M. | Almanzar, G. | Rieber, N. | Ottensmeier, B. | Zlamy, M. | Liese, J.
Compared to whole cell pertussis (wcP) vaccines, acellular pertussis vaccines (aP) have a better safety profile with lower reactogenicity, although their short and long-term efficacy was found to be slightly lower. Up to now, no established serological parameter to predict long-term protection exists. IgG-anti-pertussis avidity possibly determines the effect of different pertussis vaccines and boosting intervals on long-term immunity. Thus, the avidity of a tetanus-diphtheria-aP booster at 10–14 years was tested in three groups of adolescents who had been previously immunized with either five doses of aP (5aP) at 2, 4, 6, 15–18 months and 5–6 years of age, four doses of aP (4aP) or four doses of wcP (4wcP) at 2, 4, 6 and 15–18 months of age.Relative avidity index (RAI) of IgG-anti-pertussis toxin (PT) and IgG-anti-filamentous-hemagglutinin (FHA) was assessed by an adapted ELISA.RAI of IgG-anti-PT and of IgG-anti-FHA correlated positively with antibody concentrations in the pre-vaccination and in the post-vaccination analysis and significantly increased after adolescent booster with aP in all groups. Pre- and post-vaccination, the proportion of participants with IgG-anti-PT RAI>40% (moderate to high avidity) was significantly lower in the 4wcP group (52.9% and 88.9%) compared to the 5aP group (89.5% and 100.0%).In conclusion, TdaP in adolescence induces an increase of antibody avidity and, thus, is able to enhance the binding-quality of antibodies against pertussis. The study suggests including antibody avidity into serological studies on the humoral response to provide information about the long-term efficacy of the vaccine.
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