Serological response in RT-PCR confirmed H1N1-2009 influenza a by hemagglutination inhibition and virus neutralization assays: an observational study.

<h4>Background</h4>We describe the serological response following H1N1-2009 influenza A infections confirmed by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).<h4>Methodology and principal findings</h4>The study included patients admitted to hospital, subjects of a...

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Autores principales: Mark I Chen, Ian G Barr, Gerald C H Koh, Vernon J Lee, Caroline P S Lee, Robert Shaw, Cui Lin, Jonathan Yap, Alex R Cook, Boon Huan Tan, Jin Phang Loh, Timothy Barkham, Vincent T K Chow, Raymond T P Lin, Yee-Sin Leo
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/b871e047807244afb607b4dfaa45a11c
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Sumario:<h4>Background</h4>We describe the serological response following H1N1-2009 influenza A infections confirmed by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).<h4>Methodology and principal findings</h4>The study included patients admitted to hospital, subjects of a seroepidemiologic cohort study, and participants identified from outbreak studies in Singapore. Baseline (first available blood sample) and follow-up blood samples were analyzed for antibody titers to H1N1-2009 and recently circulating seasonal influenza A virus strains by hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and virus micro-neutralization (VM) assays. 267 samples from 118 cases of H1N1-2009 were analyzed. Geometric mean titers by HI peaked at 123 (95% confidence interval, CI 43-356) between days 30 to 39. The chance of observing seroconversion (four-fold or greater increase of antibodies) was maximized when restricting analysis to 45 participants with baseline sera collected within 5 days of onset and follow-up sera collected 15 or more days after onset; for these participants, 82% and 89% seroconverted to A/California/7/2009 H1N1 by HI and VM respectively. A four-fold or greater increase in cross-reactive antibody titers to seasonal A/Brisbane/59/2007 H1N1, A/Brisbane/10/2007 H3N2 and A/Wisconsin/15/2009 H3N2 occurred in 20%, 18% and 16% of participants respectively.<h4>Conclusions and significance</h4>Appropriately timed paired serology detects 80-90% RT-PCR confirmed H1N1-2009; Antibodies from infection with H1N1-2009 cross-reacted with seasonal influenza viruses.