Nonsecretor Histo-blood Group Antigen Phenotype Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Clinical Rotavirus Vaccine Failure in Malawian Infants



Pollock, Louisa, Bennett, Aisleen, Jere, Khuzwayo C ORCID: 0000-0003-3376-8529, Dube, Queen, Mandolo, Jonathan, Bar-Zeev, Naor ORCID: 0000-0003-0570-4624, Heyderman, Robert S, Cunliffe, Nigel A ORCID: 0000-0002-5449-4988 and Iturriza-Gomara, Miren ORCID: 0000-0001-5816-6423
(2019) Nonsecretor Histo-blood Group Antigen Phenotype Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Clinical Rotavirus Vaccine Failure in Malawian Infants. CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 69 (8). pp. 1313-1319.

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Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Histo-blood group antigen (HBGA) Lewis/secretor phenotypes predict genotype-specific susceptibility to rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE). We tested the hypothesis that nonsecretor/Lewis-negative phenotype leads to reduced vaccine take and lower clinical protection following vaccination with G1P[8] rotavirus vaccine (RV1) in Malawian infants.<h4>Methods</h4>A cohort study recruited infants receiving RV1 at age 6 and 10 weeks. HBGA phenotype was determined by salivary enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). RV1 vaccine virus shedding was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) in stool collected on alternate days for 10 days post-immunization. Plasma rotavirus-specific immunoglobulin A was determined by ELISA pre- and post-immunization. In a case-control study, HBGA phenotype distribution was compared between RV1-vaccinated infants with RVGE and 1:1 age-matched community controls. Rotavirus genotype was determined by RT-PCR.<h4>Results</h4>In 202 cohort participants, neither overall vaccine virus fecal shedding nor seroconversion differed by HBGA phenotype. In 238 case-control infants, nonsecretor phenotype was less common in infants with clinical vaccine failure (odds ratio [OR], 0.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.20-0.75). Nonsecretor phenotype was less common in infants with P[8] RVGE (OR, 0.12; 95% CI, 0.03-0.50) and P[4] RVGE (OR, 0.17; 95% CI, 0.04-0.75). Lewis-negative phenotype was more common in infants with P[6] RVGE (OR, 3.2; 95% CI, 1.4-7.2).<h4>Conclusions</h4>Nonsecretor phenotype was associated with reduced risk of rotavirus vaccine failure. There was no significant association between HBGA phenotype and vaccine take. These data refute the hypothesis that high prevalence of nonsecretor/Lewis-negative phenotypes contributes to lower rotavirus vaccine effectiveness in Malawi.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: rotavirus, HBGA, vaccine, immunogenicity, Malawi
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2019 14:13
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 01:08
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciy1067
Open Access URL: https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/1...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3030353