Immunology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children

J Chou, PG Thomas, AG Randolph - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Children and adolescents exhibit a broad range of clinical outcomes from SARS-CoV-2
infection, with the majority having minimal to mild symptoms. Additionally, some succumb to …

Immune imprinting and next-generation coronavirus vaccines

CQ Huang, S Vishwanath, GW Carnell, ACY Chan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Vaccines based on historical virus isolates provide limited protection from continuously
evolving RNA viruses, such as influenza viruses or coronaviruses, which occasionally spill …

Human seasonal influenza under COVID-19 and the potential consequences of influenza lineage elimination

V Dhanasekaran, S Sullivan, KM Edwards… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Annual epidemics of seasonal influenza cause hundreds of thousands of deaths, high levels
of morbidity, and substantial economic loss. Yet, global influenza circulation has been …

Mortality associated with influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in the US, 1999-2018

CL Hansen, SS Chaves, C Demont… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) mortality estimates have not been updated
since 2009, and no study has assessed changes in influenza mortality after the 2009 …

Immunological imprinting of the antibody response in COVID-19 patients

T Aydillo, A Rombauts, D Stadlbauer, S Aslam… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In addition to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), humans are
also susceptible to six other coronaviruses, for which consecutive exposures to antigenically …

Co-evolution of immunity and seasonal influenza viruses

AX Han, SPJ de Jong, CA Russell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
Seasonal influenza viruses cause recurring global epidemics by continually evolving to
escape host immunity. The viral constraints and host immune responses that limit and drive …

COVID-19 and children

CA Pierce, KC Herold, BC Herold, J Chou, A Randolph… - Science, 2022 - science.org
There has been substantial research on adult COVID-19 and how to treat it. But how do
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections afflict children …

Omicron infection following vaccination enhances a broad spectrum of immune responses dependent on infection history

H Hornsby, AR Nicols, S Longet, C Liu, A Tomic… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pronounced immune escape by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant has resulted in many
individuals possessing hybrid immunity, generated through a combination of vaccination …

Preexisting immunity shapes distinct antibody landscapes after influenza virus infection and vaccination in humans

HL Dugan, JJ Guthmiller, P Arevalo, M Huang… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Humans are repeatedly exposed to variants of influenza virus throughout their lifetime. As a
result, preexisting influenza-specific memory B cells can dominate the response after …

Immunological imprinting shapes the specificity of human antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants

TS Johnston, SH Li, MM Painter, RK Atkinson… - Immunity, 2024 - cell.com
The spike glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
continues to accumulate substitutions, leading to breakthrough infections of vaccinated …