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@ARTICLE{Semancik:304304,
author = {C. S. Semancik and R. Fantin and J. Butt$^*$ and A.
Abdelnour and V. Loria and C. Porras and A. Aparicio and S.
S. Jackson and R. Wong-McClure and R. Ocampo and M. Morera
and M. Zúñiga and A. Calderón and B. Cortés and R.
Castro and M. Binder$^*$ and T. Waterboer$^*$ and D. R.
Prevots and R. Herrero and A. Hildesheim},
collaboration = {R. S. Group},
title = {{SARS}-{C}o{V}-2 antibody and neutralization dynamics among
persons with natural- and vaccine-induced exposures.},
journal = {PLOS ONE},
volume = {20},
number = {9},
issn = {1932-6203},
address = {San Francisco, California, US},
publisher = {PLOS},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-01839},
pages = {e0331212 -},
year = {2025},
abstract = {Previous SARS-CoV-2 research indicates that antibody levels
and corresponding neutralization potential increase with
additional exposures (comprising vaccination or infection),
and that hybrid immunity resulting from combined vaccination
and natural infection is more robust than either alone.
However, it is unclear whether or how antibody levels
increase or eventually plateau with repeated exposures and
how SARS-CoV-2 exposure differs by sex or other demographic
factors. Research regarding the association of antibody
production with neutralization potential is also limited. We
conducted this analysis within the RESPIRA population-based
cohort in Costa Rica to investigate relationships between
antibody levels and neutralization potential at increasing
exposure levels. We examined immunological profiles from
systematically defined single-exposure groups (one vaccine
dose or one natural infection), double-exposure groups (two
vaccine doses or one vaccine dose following a natural
infection), and a triple-exposure group (two vaccine doses
following a natural infection). We used a S1-RBD-based
serological assay for antibody level detection and a
pseudovirion assay for neutralization potential
quantification. Using linear regression, we compared
antibody levels and pseudoneutralization geometric mean
titers between exposure groups. For single exposure groups,
one vaccine dose was inferior to natural infection, but a
second vaccine dose was superior to natural infection. For
double exposure groups, those who were vaccinated once after
infection developed higher levels of antibodies and higher
neutralization potential compared with those who had only
two vaccine doses. We note that peak antibody levels
following an exposure may plateau after two exposures while
neutralization potential continues to increase with a third
exposure dose. Response patterns were comparable in males
and females and in sensitivity analyses stratified by age,
vaccine type, and pandemic wave. These results provide
evidence that SARS-CoV-2 vaccination after COVID infection
provides immunological benefit and suggest neutralization
potential continues to increase after a second vaccine dose
despite plateauing of antibody levels.},
keywords = {Humans / Male / Female / Antibodies, Neutralizing:
immunology / Antibodies, Neutralizing: blood / Antibodies,
Viral: immunology / Antibodies, Viral: blood / COVID-19:
immunology / COVID-19: prevention $\&$ control / COVID-19:
virology / COVID-19: epidemiology / SARS-CoV-2: immunology /
Middle Aged / COVID-19 Vaccines: immunology / COVID-19
Vaccines: administration $\&$ dosage / Adult / Aged / Costa
Rica: epidemiology / Adolescent / Vaccination / Young Adult
/ Neutralization Tests / Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus:
immunology / Antibodies, Neutralizing (NLM Chemicals) /
Antibodies, Viral (NLM Chemicals) / COVID-19 Vaccines (NLM
Chemicals) / Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus (NLM
Chemicals)},
cin = {D320 / D430},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)D320-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)D430-20160331},
pnm = {314 - Immunologie und Krebs (POF4-314)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-314},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40901824},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0331212},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/304304},
}