Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance

ABSTRACT Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination elicits high-titer genotype-specific antibody responses that are associated with a reduced risk of cervical disease caused by vaccine-incorporated genotypes. Our objective was to evaluate dried blood spots (DBSs) and oral mucosal transudate (OMT) as al...

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Autores principales: Karly S. Louie, Jama Dalel, Caroline Reuter, Sara L. Bissett, Michelle Kleeman, Lesley Ashdown-Barr, Rawinder Banwait, Anna Godi, Peter Sasieni, Simon Beddows
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8cb1ae3346374cacbc738bdc0722231f2021-11-15T15:24:23ZEvaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance10.1128/mSphere.00043-182379-5042https://doaj.org/article/8cb1ae3346374cacbc738bdc0722231f2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00043-18https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5042ABSTRACT Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination elicits high-titer genotype-specific antibody responses that are associated with a reduced risk of cervical disease caused by vaccine-incorporated genotypes. Our objective was to evaluate dried blood spots (DBSs) and oral mucosal transudate (OMT) as alternative samples to serum to confirm HPV vaccine antibody status. A study was carried out to evaluate the feasibility of detecting HPV16 and HPV18 antibodies in OMT, DBSs, and sera among women who self-reported being unvaccinated or fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. Serum had the highest sensitivity (100%) for detection of antibodies against both HPV16 and HPV18 but the lowest specificity, due to the detection of natural infection antibodies in 16% of unvaccinated women. Conversely, DBSs and OMT had lower sensitivity (96% and 82%, respectively) but high specificity (98%). We confirmed that these antibodies were functional (i.e., neutralizing) and that their detection was quantitatively reproducible and well correlated between sample types when normalized to IgG content. DBSs and OMT are appropriate alternative sample types for HPV vaccine surveillance. These alternative sample types warrant consideration for the purposes of cervical screening, diagnosis, and management, but more work will be needed to establish the stringent parameters required for such application. IMPORTANCE Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causative agent of cervical and other anogenital cancers. HPV vaccination, primarily targeted at young girls before the age of sexual debut, is starting to demonstrate population-level declines in HPV infection and early disease associated with vaccine-incorporated genotypes. Monitoring young women for vaccine-specific antibody is important for vaccine surveillance and may be useful as an adjunct test within a cervical screening context. We evaluated serum, dried blood spots, and oral fluid as potential samples for such applications and report robust measures of diagnostic accuracy. This is the first time a direct comparison of alternative sample types has been made between vaccinated and unvaccinated women for the detection and quantitation of HPV antibodies.Karly S. LouieJama DalelCaroline ReuterSara L. BissettMichelle KleemanLesley Ashdown-BarrRawinder BanwaitAnna GodiPeter SasieniSimon BeddowsAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleHPV vaccinehuman papillomavirusantibodiesdried blood spotoral fluidssurveillanceMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSphere, Vol 3, Iss 3 (2018)
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topic HPV vaccine
human papillomavirus
antibodies
dried blood spot
oral fluids
surveillance
Microbiology
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spellingShingle HPV vaccine
human papillomavirus
antibodies
dried blood spot
oral fluids
surveillance
Microbiology
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Karly S. Louie
Jama Dalel
Caroline Reuter
Sara L. Bissett
Michelle Kleeman
Lesley Ashdown-Barr
Rawinder Banwait
Anna Godi
Peter Sasieni
Simon Beddows
Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
description ABSTRACT Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination elicits high-titer genotype-specific antibody responses that are associated with a reduced risk of cervical disease caused by vaccine-incorporated genotypes. Our objective was to evaluate dried blood spots (DBSs) and oral mucosal transudate (OMT) as alternative samples to serum to confirm HPV vaccine antibody status. A study was carried out to evaluate the feasibility of detecting HPV16 and HPV18 antibodies in OMT, DBSs, and sera among women who self-reported being unvaccinated or fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. Serum had the highest sensitivity (100%) for detection of antibodies against both HPV16 and HPV18 but the lowest specificity, due to the detection of natural infection antibodies in 16% of unvaccinated women. Conversely, DBSs and OMT had lower sensitivity (96% and 82%, respectively) but high specificity (98%). We confirmed that these antibodies were functional (i.e., neutralizing) and that their detection was quantitatively reproducible and well correlated between sample types when normalized to IgG content. DBSs and OMT are appropriate alternative sample types for HPV vaccine surveillance. These alternative sample types warrant consideration for the purposes of cervical screening, diagnosis, and management, but more work will be needed to establish the stringent parameters required for such application. IMPORTANCE Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the causative agent of cervical and other anogenital cancers. HPV vaccination, primarily targeted at young girls before the age of sexual debut, is starting to demonstrate population-level declines in HPV infection and early disease associated with vaccine-incorporated genotypes. Monitoring young women for vaccine-specific antibody is important for vaccine surveillance and may be useful as an adjunct test within a cervical screening context. We evaluated serum, dried blood spots, and oral fluid as potential samples for such applications and report robust measures of diagnostic accuracy. This is the first time a direct comparison of alternative sample types has been made between vaccinated and unvaccinated women for the detection and quantitation of HPV antibodies.
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author Karly S. Louie
Jama Dalel
Caroline Reuter
Sara L. Bissett
Michelle Kleeman
Lesley Ashdown-Barr
Rawinder Banwait
Anna Godi
Peter Sasieni
Simon Beddows
author_facet Karly S. Louie
Jama Dalel
Caroline Reuter
Sara L. Bissett
Michelle Kleeman
Lesley Ashdown-Barr
Rawinder Banwait
Anna Godi
Peter Sasieni
Simon Beddows
author_sort Karly S. Louie
title Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
title_short Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
title_full Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
title_fullStr Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Dried Blood Spots and Oral Fluids as Alternatives to Serum for Human Papillomavirus Antibody Surveillance
title_sort evaluation of dried blood spots and oral fluids as alternatives to serum for human papillomavirus antibody surveillance
publisher American Society for Microbiology
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url https://doaj.org/article/8cb1ae3346374cacbc738bdc0722231f
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