Alcocer Bonifaz, M., Bhavsar, D., Siegrist, CA. et. Adjuvanted influenza vaccination increases pre-existing H5N1 cross-reactive antibodies. Nat Commun (2026)
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b cause sporadic human infections and currently raise concerns about a new influenza pandemic. Heterogeneities in disease severity have been observed in the past and are reported among infected farm workers in the United States. These may be attributed to differences in pre-existing H5N1 cross-reactive antibodies. In this study, we characterize H5N1 cross-reactive antibody landscapes in the current population (#NCT05794412 and #NCT01022905) and assess the effect of AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 and non-adjuvanted seasonal influenza vaccination on H5N1 cross-neutralizing and IgG antibody titers targeting a range of influenza virus-derived antigens. We detect H5N1 cross-neutralizing antibodies using a vesicular stomatitis virus-based pseudovirus system that correlate well with antibodies inhibiting the spread of authentic H5N1 viruses, anti-group 1 hemagglutinin stalk and anti-trimeric hemagglutinin antibodies. Additionally, we find that AS03-adjuvanted pandemic H1N1 vaccination increases H5N1 cross-reactive antibodies significantly in a pandemic H1N1 immunologically partially na?ve population. Furthermore, we show that immune imprinting causes distinct H5N1 cross-reactive antibody patterns pre-vaccination.
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