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BACKGROUND: We report on a follow-up clinical and serological investigation of 274 children who received seasonal influenza vaccine (trivalent inactivated vaccine [TIV]) 1 year after receipt of either AS03(B)-adjuvanted subunit or whole virus monovalent A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccine and describe the antibody responses to the H3N2 A/Perth/16/2009 and B/Brisbane/60/2008 components of TIV. METHODS: Vaccine responses were analyzed using hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) assays. In children aged <3 years, previous receipt of adjuvanted vaccine resulted in higher HAI antibody responses to H3N2 and B strains compared with nonadjuvanted vaccine (fold change 16.8 vs 4.3 for H3N2 and 7.0 vs 1.6 for B). In children aged >3 years, responses to the H3 and B components of TIV were similar between vaccine groups. Sera taken before and after the pandemic vaccine were also analyzed by HAI using A/Perth/16/2009 virus. This analysis showed that 11.1% of children receiving the AS03(B)-adjuvanted vaccine but only 1.4% in the nonadjuvanted group had a 4-fold rise to A/Perth/16/2009. CONCLUSION: AS03B-adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine generates a cross-reactive antibody response to H3N2 in children and enhances responses to heterologous subtypes in children aged <3 years 1 year later.

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/cid/cit692

Type

Journal article

Journal

Clin Infect Dis

Publication Date

01/2014

Volume

58

Pages

181 - 187

Keywords

childhood, cross-reactive effects, influenza, oil-in-water adjuvant, vaccine, Adjuvants, Immunologic, Antibodies, Viral, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Reactions, Drug Combinations, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests, Humans, Infant, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, Influenza A Virus, H3N2 Subtype, Influenza B virus, Influenza Vaccines, Male, Polysorbates, Squalene, Vaccination, alpha-Tocopherol