Farahmand Behrokh, Sadat Larijani Mona, Fotouhi Fatemeh, Biglari Alireza, Sorouri Rahim, Bagheri Amiri Fahimeh, Eslamifar Ali, Jalali Tahmineh, Salehi-Vaziri Mostafa, Banifazl Mohammad, Dahmardeh Sarah, Eshratkhah Mohammadnejad Azita, Bavand Anahita, Tavakoli Mahsa, Verez-Bencomo Vicente, Mostafavi Ehsan, Noori Daloii Hassan, Ashrafian Fatemeh, Saberpour Masoumeh, Ramezani Amitis
Department of Influenza and Other Rrespiratory Viruses, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Clinical Research Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Heliyon. 2023 Sep 29;9(10):e20555. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20555. eCollection 2023 Oct.
COVID-19 pandemic has been managed through global vaccination programs. However, the antibody waning in various types of vaccines came to notice. Hereby, PastoCovac Plus as a protein subunit vaccine was investigated in immunized health care workers by COVAXIN (BBV152). The booster vaccine was recommended at least three months post the second dose of COVAXIN. Sera collection was done before and after each injection. SARS-CoV-2 PCR test was done monthly to detect any asymptomatic and symptomatic vaccine breakthrough. 47.9 and 24.3% of the participants were seronegative for anti-N and anti-S antibodies three months after the second dose of COVAXIN, respectively. On average, fold-rises of 70, 93, 8 and mean-rises of 23.32, 892.4, 5.59 were recorded regarding neutralizing antibody, quantitative and semi-quantitative anti-Spike antibody, respectively. Anti-Spike and neutralizing antibodies seroconversion was seen 59.3% and 45.7%, respectively. The vaccine breakthrough assessment showed that all the isolated samples belonged to SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. PastoCovac Plus boosting is strongly recommended in combination with inactivated vaccine platforms against SARS-CoV-2.
新冠疫情通过全球疫苗接种计划得到了控制。然而,各类疫苗中抗体水平下降的情况引起了关注。因此,在接种了COVAXIN(BBV152)的医护人员中对作为蛋白亚单位疫苗的PastoCovac Plus进行了研究。加强疫苗建议在第二剂COVAXIN接种后至少三个月接种。每次注射前后都进行血清采集。每月进行SARS-CoV-2 PCR检测以检测任何无症状和有症状的疫苗突破感染情况。在第二剂COVAXIN接种三个月后,分别有47.9%和24.3%的参与者抗N和抗S抗体呈血清阴性。关于中和抗体、定量和半定量抗刺突抗体,平均分别记录到70、93、8倍的升高以及23.32、892.4、5.59的平均升高。抗刺突抗体和中和抗体的血清转化率分别为59.3%和45.7%。疫苗突破评估表明,所有分离样本均属于SARS-CoV-2德尔塔变异株。强烈建议将PastoCovac Plus与针对SARS-CoV-2的灭活疫苗平台联合加强接种。