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Background <p>There is an urgent need to understand the immune correlates of protection against avian influenza viruses (AIV), where pre-existing immunity may be limited.</p> Methods <p>Here, we characterized the antibody response in 12 severely ill A(H7N9) patients and examined its association with early-life imprinting and clinical outcome.</p> Results <p>We find that A(H7N9) patients imprinted with A(H2N2) during early life show minimal H7-IgM and a rapid IgG response across diverse hemagglutinin subtypes. They also have more high avidity H7-antibodies compared to older or younger patients. Early antibody titers against seasonal H1, H3, and conserved stalk domains trend negatively with clinical severity in A(H7N9) infection, while an inverse pattern is observed following severe A(H1N1) infection, potentially suggesting a different mechanism of immune regulation between seasonal and avian influenza virus infections.</p> Conclusions <p>These data provide direct serological evidence that birth imprinting profoundly shapes the humoral immune landscape during zoonotic influenza infection and may influence subsequent disease outcome.</p>

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Birth imprinting effects on the antibody responses of H7N9 patients from 2013-2018 in China

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    2026年4月9日

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  • Xia Lin,
  • Wenda Guan,
  • Liping Chen,
  • Yin Su,
  • Zaolan Liang,
  • Cheng Xiao,
  • Yaqin Bai,
  • Hui Lei,
  • Fangmei Lin,
  • Zhenting Huang,
  • Isaac Cheuk Long Chow,
  • Bingyi Yang,
  • Tim K. Tsang,
  • Yunceng Weng,
  • Nisha Bhandari,
  • Raghavan Varadarajan,
  • Malik Peiris,
  • Benjamin Cowling,
  • Tang Li,
  • Maureen McGargill,
  • Paul G. Thomas,
  • Nanshan Zhong,
  • Richard Webby,
  • Zifeng Yang,
  • Mark Zanin,
  • Sook-San Wong

摘要

Background

There is an urgent need to understand the immune correlates of protection against avian influenza viruses (AIV), where pre-existing immunity may be limited.

Methods

Here, we characterized the antibody response in 12 severely ill A(H7N9) patients and examined its association with early-life imprinting and clinical outcome.

Results

We find that A(H7N9) patients imprinted with A(H2N2) during early life show minimal H7-IgM and a rapid IgG response across diverse hemagglutinin subtypes. They also have more high avidity H7-antibodies compared to older or younger patients. Early antibody titers against seasonal H1, H3, and conserved stalk domains trend negatively with clinical severity in A(H7N9) infection, while an inverse pattern is observed following severe A(H1N1) infection, potentially suggesting a different mechanism of immune regulation between seasonal and avian influenza virus infections.

Conclusions

These data provide direct serological evidence that birth imprinting profoundly shapes the humoral immune landscape during zoonotic influenza infection and may influence subsequent disease outcome.