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Short-term evolution of Mpox-specific IgG and neutralizing antibodies among individuals undergoing MVA-BN vaccination
Wang-Da Liu1, Tai-Ling Chao2, Kai-Hsiang Chen3
1Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Objectives:
The data on immune responses of individuals undergoing modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccination are scarce. We aimed to compare Mpox virus-specific antibody and neutralizing antibody responses among people with and those without HIV receiving MVA-BN vaccines.
Methods:
This prospective study enrolled participants undergoing two-dose MVA-BN vaccination to investigate seroresponses after vaccination. Blood samples were collected before and after each dose of vaccination for determinations of anti-A29 and anti-H3 IgG. Neutralization tests were conducted for samples tested positive for both anti-A29 and anti-H3 IgG.
Results:
Overall, 441 participants undergoing two-dose MVA-BN vaccination were enrolled. Seroconversion for anti-A29 and anti-H3 IgG, respectively, after the second dose of vaccination was 18.2% and 61.2%, 10.9% and 65.0%, and 51.6% and 90.6% among people with HIV, people without HIV, and those who had had smallpox vaccination previously, respectively. About 20% of the participants with seroconversion lost seroresponses after a 7-month period of observation. None of the serum samples from vaccinated participants demonstrated neutralizing ability.
Conclusions:
Participants with previous smallpox vaccination had higher and more sustained antibody responses after receiving two doses of MVA-BN vaccines than those who had not undergone smallpox vaccination. More studies are warranted to assess the seroresponses to booster MVA-BN vaccination for vaccine nonresponders or those having lost seroresponses.
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