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Gebo KA, Heath SL, Fukuta Y, Zhu X, Baksh S, Abraham AG, Habtehyimer F, Shade D, Ruff J, Ram M, Laeyendecker O, Fernandez RE, Patel EU, Baker OR, Shoham S, Cachay ER, Currier JS, Gerber JM, Meisenberg B, Forthal DN, Hammitt LL, Huaman MA, Levine A, Mosnaim GS, Patel B, Paxton JH, Raval JS, Sutcliffe CG, Anjan S, Gniadek T, Kassaye S, Blair JE, Lane K, McBee NA, Gawad AL, Das P, Klein SL, Pekosz A, Bloch EM, Hanley D, Casadevall A, Tobian AAR, Sullivan DJ. Erratum for Gebo et al., "Early antibody treatment, inflammation, and risk of post-COVID conditions". mBio 2024; 15:e0297923. [PMID: 38095433 PMCID: PMC10790766 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02979-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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Habtehyimer F, Zhu X, Redd AD, Gebo KA, Abraham AG, Patel EU, Laeyendecker O, Gniadek TJ, Fernandez RE, Baker OR, Ram M, Cachay ER, Currier JS, Fukuta Y, Gerber JM, Heath SL, Meisenberg B, Huaman MA, Levine AC, Shenoy A, Anjan S, Blair JE, Cruser D, Forthal DN, Hammitt LL, Kassaye S, Mosnaim GS, Patel B, Paxton JH, Raval JS, Sutcliffe CG, Abinante M, Oei KS, Cluzet V, Cordisco ME, Greenblatt B, Rausch W, Shade D, Gawad AL, Klein SL, Pekosz A, Shoham S, Casadevall A, Bloch EM, Hanley D, Tobian AAR, Sullivan DJ. COVID-19 convalescent plasma therapy decreases inflammatory cytokines: a randomized controlled trial. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0328623. [PMID: 38009954 PMCID: PMC10783116 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03286-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE This study examined the role that cytokines may have played in the beneficial outcomes found when outpatient individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 were transfused with COVID-19 convalescent plasma (CCP) early in their infection. We found that the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 decreased significantly faster in patients treated early with CCP. Participants with COVID-19 treated with CCP later in the infection did not have the same effect. This decrease in IL-6 levels after early CCP treatment suggests a possible role of inflammation in COVID-19 progression. The evidence of IL-6 involvement brings insight into the possible mechanisms involved in CCP treatment mitigating SARS-CoV-2 severity.
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- Feben Habtehyimer
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Research Institute of Luminis Health, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
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- Nuvance Health Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Gebo KA, Heath SL, Fukuta Y, Zhu X, Baksh S, Abraham AG, Habtehyimer F, Shade D, Ruff J, Ram M, Laeyendecker O, Fernandez RE, Patel EU, Baker OR, Shoham S, Cachay ER, Currier JS, Gerber JM, Meisenberg B, Forthal DN, Hammitt LL, Huaman MA, Levine A, Mosnaim GS, Patel B, Paxton JH, Raval JS, Sutcliffe CG, Anjan S, Gniadek T, Kassaye S, Blair JE, Lane K, McBee NA, Gawad AL, Das P, Klein SL, Pekosz A, Bloch EM, Hanley D, Casadevall A, Tobian AAR, Sullivan DJ. Early antibody treatment, inflammation, and risk of post-COVID conditions. mBio 2023; 14:e0061823. [PMID: 37724870 PMCID: PMC10653913 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00618-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Approximately 20% of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 experienced long-term health effects, as defined PCC. However, it is unknown if there are any early biomarkers associated with PCC or whether early intervention treatments may decrease the risk of PCC. In a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial, this study demonstrates that among outpatients with SARS-CoV-2, increased IL-6 at time of infection is associated with increased odds of PCC. In addition, among individuals treated early, within 5 days of symptom onset, with COVID-19 convalescent plasma, there was a trend for decreased odds of PCC after adjusting for other demographic and clinical characteristics. Future treatment studies should be considered to evaluate the effect of early treatment and anti-IL-6 therapies on PCC development.
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- Kelly A. Gebo
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Departement of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
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- Departement of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Departement of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Departement of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worchester, Massachusetts, USA
- Luminis Health, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, California, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
- Department of Pathology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Zhu X, Gebo KA, Abraham AG, Habtehyimer F, Patel EU, Laeyendecker O, Gniadek TJ, Fernandez RE, Baker OR, Ram M, Cachay ER, Currier JS, Fukuta Y, Gerber JM, Heath SL, Meisenberg B, Huaman MA, Levine AC, Shenoy A, Anjan S, Blair JE, Cruser D, Forthal DN, Hammitt LL, Kassaye S, Mosnaim GS, Patel B, Paxton JH, Raval JS, Sutcliffe CG, Abinante M, Broderick P, Cluzet V, Cordisco ME, Greenblatt B, Petrini J, Rausch W, Shade D, Lane K, Gawad AL, Klein SL, Pekosz A, Shoham S, Casadevall A, Bloch EM, Hanley D, Sullivan DJ, Tobian AAR. Dynamics of inflammatory responses after SARS-CoV-2 infection by vaccination status in the USA: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Microbe 2023; 4:e692-e703. [PMID: 37659419 PMCID: PMC10475695 DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00171-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Cytokines and chemokines play a critical role in the response to infection and vaccination. We aimed to assess the longitudinal association of COVID-19 vaccination with cytokine and chemokine concentrations and trajectories among people with SARS-CoV-2 infection. METHODS In this longitudinal, prospective cohort study, blood samples were used from participants enrolled in a multi-centre randomised trial assessing the efficacy of convalescent plasma therapy for ambulatory COVID-19. The trial was conducted in 23 outpatient sites in the USA. In this study, participants (aged ≥18 years) were restricted to those with COVID-19 before vaccination or with breakthrough infections who had blood samples and symptom data collected at screening (pre-transfusion), day 14, and day 90 visits. Associations between COVID-19 vaccination status and concentrations of 21 cytokines and chemokines (measured using multiplexed sandwich immunoassays) were examined using multivariate linear mixed-effects regression models, adjusted for age, sex, BMI, hypertension, diabetes, trial group, and COVID-19 waves (pre-alpha or alpha and delta). FINDINGS Between June 29, 2020, and Sept 30, 2021, 882 participants recently infected with SARS-CoV-2 were enrolled, of whom 506 (57%) were female and 376 (43%) were male. 688 (78%) of 882 participants were unvaccinated, 55 (6%) were partly vaccinated, and 139 (16%) were fully vaccinated at baseline. After adjusting for confounders, geometric mean concentrations of interleukin (IL)-2RA, IL-7, IL-8, IL-15, IL-29 (interferon-λ), inducible protein-10, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, and tumour necrosis factor-α were significantly lower among the fully vaccinated group than in the unvaccinated group at screening. On day 90, fully vaccinated participants had approximately 20% lower geometric mean concentrations of IL-7, IL-8, and vascular endothelial growth factor-A than unvaccinated participants. Cytokine and chemokine concentrations decreased over time in the fully and partly vaccinated groups and unvaccinated group. Log10 cytokine and chemokine concentrations decreased faster among participants in the unvaccinated group than in other groups, but their geometric mean concentrations were generally higher than fully vaccinated participants at 90 days. Days since full vaccination and type of vaccine received were not correlated with cytokine and chemokine concentrations. INTERPRETATION Initially and during recovery from symptomatic COVID-19, fully vaccinated participants had lower concentrations of inflammatory markers than unvaccinated participants suggesting vaccination is associated with short-term and long-term reduction in inflammation, which could in part explain the reduced disease severity and mortality in vaccinated individuals. FUNDING US Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Bloomberg Philanthropies, State of Maryland, Mental Wellness Foundation, Moriah Fund, Octapharma, HealthNetwork Foundation, and the Shear Family Foundation.
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- Xianming Zhu
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Research Institute of Luminis Health, Annapolis, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Division of Hematology, Medstar DC Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Nuvance Health Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Nuvance Health Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Nuvance Health Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Nuvance Health Norwalk Hospital, Norwark, CT, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Nuvance Health Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Nuvance Health Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Bloch EM, Kyeyune D, White JL, Ddungu H, Ashokkumar S, Habtehyimer F, Baker O, Kasirye R, Patel EU, Grabowski MK, Musisi E, Moses K, Hume HA, Lubega I, Shrestha R, Motevalli M, Fernandez RE, Reynolds SJ, Redd AD, Wambongo Musana H, Dhabangi A, Ouma J, Eroju P, de Lange T, Fowler MG, Musoke P, Stramer SL, Whitby D, Zimmerman PA, McCullough J, Sachithanandham J, Pekosz A, Goodrich R, Quinn TC, Ness PM, Laeyendecker O, Tobian AAR. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among blood donors in Uganda: 2019-2022. Transfusion 2023; 63:1354-1365. [PMID: 37255467 PMCID: PMC10525030 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The true burden of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries remains poorly characterized, especially in Africa. Even prior to the availability of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, countries in Africa had lower numbers of reported COVID-19 related hospitalizations and deaths than other regions globally. METHODS Ugandan blood donors were evaluated between October 2019 and April 2022 for IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N), spike (S), and five variants of the S protein using multiplexed electrochemiluminescence immunoassays (MesoScale Diagnostics, Rockville, MD). Seropositivity for N and S was assigned using manufacturer-provided cutoffs and trends in seroprevalence were estimated by quarter. Statistically significant associations between N and S antibody seropositivity and donor characteristics in November-December 2021 were assessed by chi-square tests. RESULTS A total of 5393 blood unit samples from donors were evaluated. N and S seropositivity increased throughout the pandemic to 82.6% in January-April 2022. Among seropositive individuals, N and S antibody levels increased ≥9-fold over the study period. In November-December 2021, seropositivity to N and S antibody was higher among repeat donors (61.3%) compared with new donors (55.1%; p = .043) and among donors from Kampala (capital city of Uganda) compared with rural regions (p = .007). Seropositivity to S antibody was significantly lower among HIV-seropositive individuals (58.8% vs. 84.9%; p = .009). CONCLUSIONS Despite previously reported low numbers of COVID-19 cases and related deaths in Uganda, high SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and increasing antibody levels among blood donors indicated that the country experienced high levels of infection over the course of the pandemic.
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- Evan M Bloch
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, Kampala, Uganda
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- Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, Kampala, Uganda
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
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- MUJHU Research Collaboration, Kampala, Uganda
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Scientific Affairs, American Red Cross, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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- Viral Oncology Section, AIDS and Cancer Virus Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- The Center for Global Health & Diseases, Pathology Department, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Karaba AH, Kim JD, Chiang TPY, Alejo JL, Sitaras I, Abedon AT, Eby Y, Johnston TS, Li M, Aytenfisu T, Hussey C, Jefferis A, Fortune N, Abedon R, Thomas L, Habtehyimer F, Ruff J, Warren DS, Avery RK, Clarke WA, Pekosz A, Massie AB, Tobian AAR, Segev DL, Werbel WA. Neutralizing activity and 3-month durability of tixagevimab and cilgavimab prophylaxis against Omicron sublineages in transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 2023; 23:423-428. [PMID: 36906295 PMCID: PMC9835002 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2022.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses are attenuated in solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) despite severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 vaccination. Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with the antibody combination tixagevimab and cilgavimab (T+C) might augment immunoprotection, yet in vitro activity and durability against Omicron sublineages BA.4/5 in fully vaccinated SOTRs have not been delineated. Vaccinated SOTRs, who received 300 + 300 mg T+C (ie, full dose), within a prospective observational cohort submitted pre and postinjection samples between January 31, 2022, and July 6, 2022. The peak live virus nAb was measured against Omicron sublineages (BA.1, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4), and surrogate neutralization (percent inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor binding to full length spike, validated vs live virus) was measured out to 3 months against sublineages, including BA.4/5. With live virus testing, the proportion of SOTRs with any nAb increased against BA.2 (47%-100%; P < .01), BA.2.12.1 (27%-80%; P < .01), and BA.4 (27%-93%; P < .01), but not against BA.1 (40%-33%; P = .6). The proportion of SOTRs with surrogate neutralizing inhibition against BA.5, however, fell to 15% by 3 months. Two participants developed mild severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection during follow-up. The majority of fully vaccinated SOTRs receiving T+C PrEP achieved BA.4/5 neutralization, yet nAb activity commonly waned by 3 months postinjection. It is critical to assess the optimal dose and interval of T+C PrEP to maximize protection in a changing variant climate.
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- Andrew H Karaba
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Surgery, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Gebo KA, Heath SL, Fukuta Y, Zhu X, Baksh S, Abraham AG, Habtehyimer F, Shade D, Ruff J, Ram M, Laeyendecker O, Fernandez RE, Patel EU, Baker OR, Shoham S, Cachay ER, Currier JS, Gerber JM, Meisenberg B, Forthal DN, Hammitt LL, Huaman MA, Levine A, Mosnaim GS, Patel B, Paxton JH, Raval JS, Sutcliffe CG, Anjan S, Gniadek T, Kassaye S, Blair JE, Lane K, McBee NA, Gawad AL, Das P, Klein SL, Pekosz A, Casadevall A, Bloch EM, Hanley D, Tobian AAR, Sullivan DJ. Early Treatment, Inflammation and Post-COVID Conditions. medRxiv 2023:2023.02.13.23285855. [PMID: 36824860 PMCID: PMC9949202 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.13.23285855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Background Post-COVID conditions (PCC) are common and have significant morbidity. Risk factors for PCC include advancing age, female sex, obesity, and diabetes mellitus. Little is known about early treatment, inflammation, and PCC. Methods Among 883 individuals with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection participating in a randomized trial of CCP vs. control plasma with available biospecimens and symptom data, the association between early COVID treatment, cytokine levels and PCC was evaluated. Cytokine and chemokine levels were assessed at baseline, day 14 and day 90 using a multiplexed sandwich immuosassay (Mesoscale Discovery). Presence of any self-reported PCC symptoms was assessed at day 90. Associations between COVID treatment, cytokine levels and PCC were examined using multivariate logistic regression models. Results One-third of the 882 participants had day 90 PCC symptoms, with fatigue (14.5%) and loss of smell (14.5%) being most common. Cytokine levels decreased from baseline to day 90. In a multivariable analysis including diabetes, body mass index, race, and vaccine status, female sex (adjusted odds ratio[AOR]=2.70[1.93-3.81]), older age (AOR=1.32[1.17-1.50]), and elevated baseline levels of IL-6 (AOR=1.59[1.02-2.47]) were associated with development of PCC.There was a trend for decreased PCC in those with early CCP treatment (≤5 days after symptom onset) compared to late CCP treatment. Conclusion Increased IL-6 levels were associated with the development of PCC and there was a trend for decreased PCC with early CCP treatment in this predominately unvaccinated population. Future treatment studies should evaluate the effect of early treatment and anti-IL-6 therapies on PCC development.
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- Kelly A Gebo
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora CO
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Massachusetts, Worchester, MA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
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- International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL
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- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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- Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
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- International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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- Department of Pathology, Northshore University Health System, Evanston, IL
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Injury Outcomes Division, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Benner SE, Eby Y, Zhu X, Fernandez RE, Patel EU, Ruff JE, Habtehyimer F, Schmidt HA, Kirby CS, Hussain S, Ostrander D, Desai NM, Florman S, Rana MM, Friedman-Moraco R, Pereira MR, Mehta S, Stock P, Gilbert A, Morris MI, Stosor V, Mehta SA, Small CB, Ranganna K, Santos CA, Aslam S, Husson J, Malinis M, Elias N, Blumberg EA, Doby BL, Massie AB, Smith ML, Odim J, Quinn TC, Laird GM, Siliciano RF, Segev DL, Redd AD, Durand CM, Tobian AA. The effect of induction immunosuppression for kidney transplant on the latent HIV reservoir. JCI Insight 2022; 7:162968. [PMID: 36345940 PMCID: PMC9675561 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.162968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The HIV latent viral reservoir (LVR) remains a major challenge in the effort to find a cure for HIV. There is interest in lymphocyte-depleting agents, used in solid organ and bone marrow transplantation to reduce the LVR. This study evaluated the LVR and T cell receptor repertoire in HIV-infected kidney transplant recipients using intact proviral DNA assay and T cell receptor sequencing in patients receiving lymphocyte-depleting or lymphocyte-nondepleting immunosuppression induction therapy. CD4+ T cells and intact and defective provirus frequencies decreased following lymphocyte-depleting induction therapy but rebounded to near baseline levels within 1 year after induction. In contrast, these biomarkers were relatively stable over time in the lymphocyte-nondepleting group. The lymphocyte-depleting group had early TCRβ repertoire turnover and newly detected and expanded clones compared with the lymphocyte-nondepleting group. No differences were observed in TCRβ clonality and repertoire richness between groups. These findings suggest that, even with significant decreases in the overall size of the circulating LVR, the reservoir can be reconstituted in a relatively short period of time. These results, while from a relatively unique population, suggest that curative strategies aimed at depleting the HIV LVR will need to achieve specific and durable levels of HIV-infected T cell depletion.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Pathology and
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Medstar Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Divison of Infectious Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Surgery and Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Positive Rhetoric LLC, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
- Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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- Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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