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. 2022 Mar 21:ciac223. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac223

SARS-CoV-2 adaptive immunity in nursing home residents following a third dose of the Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine

Estela Giménez 1, Eliseo Albert 2, Joao Zulaica 3, Ignacio Torres 4, Luciana Rusu 5, Alicia Rodríguez Moreno 6, Javier S Burgos 7, Salvador Peiró 8, Dolores Salas 9,10, Hermelinda Vanaclocha 11, Ramón Limón 12, María Jesús Alcaraz 13, José Sánchez-Payá 14,15, Javier Díez-Domingo 16, Iñaki Comas 17,18, Fernando Gonzáles-Candelas 19,20, Ron Geller 21, David Navarro 22,23,; Valencian vaccine research program (ProVaVac) study group1
PMCID: PMC9129117  PMID: 35314856

Abstract

A third Comirnaty® vaccine dose increased SARS-CoV-2-receptor binding domain antibody levels (median of 93-fold) and neutralizing antibody titers against Wuhan-Hu-1 (median, 57-fold), Beta (median, 22-fold), Delta, (median, 43-fold) and Omicron (median, 8-fold) variants, particularly in SARS-CoV-2-naïve individuals, but had a negligible impact on S-reactive T-cell immunity in nursing home residents.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2, Comirnaty® COVID-19 vaccine third dose, SARS-CoV-2-S antibodies, SARS-CoV-2-S T cells, neutralizing antibodies, nursing home residents

Contributor Information

Estela Giménez, Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.

Eliseo Albert, Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.

Joao Zulaica, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain.

Ignacio Torres, Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.

Luciana Rusu, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain.

Alicia Rodríguez Moreno, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain.

Javier S Burgos, General Directorate of Research and Healthcare Supervision, Department of Health, Valencia Government, Valencia, Spain.

Salvador Peiró, Foundation for the promotion of health and biomedical research of the Valencian Community (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain.

Dolores Salas, Foundation for the promotion of health and biomedical research of the Valencian Community (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain; General Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Valencia Government, Valencia, Spain.

Hermelinda Vanaclocha, General Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Valencia Government, Valencia, Spain.

Ramón Limón, General Directorate of Healthcare. Department of Health, Valencian Government, Valencia, Spain.

María Jesús Alcaraz, Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.

José Sánchez-Payá, Preventive Medicine Service, Alicante General and University Hospital, Alicante, Spain; Alicante Institute of Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL), Alicante, Spain.

Javier Díez-Domingo, Foundation for the promotion of health and biomedical research of the Valencian Community (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain.

Iñaki Comas, Biomedicine Institute of Valencia, Spanish Research Council (CSIC), Valencia, Spain; CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health, Spain; Joint Research Unit "Infection and Public Health" FISABIO-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Fernando Gonzáles-Candelas, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain; CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health, Spain; Joint Research Unit "Infection and Public Health" FISABIO-University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Ron Geller, Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), Universitat de Valencia-CSIC, Valencia, Spain.

David Navarro, Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

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