[HTML][HTML] Immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants after heterologous and homologous ChAdOx1 nCoV-19/BNT162b2 vaccination

J Barros-Martins, SI Hammerschmidt, A Cossmann… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
J Barros-Martins, SI Hammerschmidt, A Cossmann, I Odak, MV Stankov, G Morillas Ramos…
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Currently approved viral vector-based and mRNA-based vaccine approaches against
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consider only homologous prime-boost vaccination.
After reports of thromboembolic events, several European governments recommended
using AstraZeneca's ChAdOx1-nCov-19 (ChAd) only in individuals older than 60 years,
leaving millions of already ChAd-primed individuals with the decision to receive either a
second shot of ChAd or a heterologous boost with mRNA-based vaccines. However, such …
Abstract
Currently approved viral vector-based and mRNA-based vaccine approaches against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) consider only homologous prime-boost vaccination. After reports of thromboembolic events, several European governments recommended using AstraZeneca’s ChAdOx1-nCov-19 (ChAd) only in individuals older than 60 years, leaving millions of already ChAd-primed individuals with the decision to receive either a second shot of ChAd or a heterologous boost with mRNA-based vaccines. However, such combinations have not been tested so far. We used Hannover Medical School’s COVID-19 Contact Study cohort of healthcare professionals to monitor ChAd-primed immune responses before and 3 weeks after booster with ChAd (n= 32) or BioNTech/Pfizer’s BNT162b2 (n= 55). Although both vaccines boosted prime-induced immunity, BNT162b2 induced significantly higher frequencies of spike-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and, in particular, high titers of neutralizing antibodies against the B. 1.1. 7, B. 1.351 and P. 1 variants of concern of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
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