Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Homotypic protection against influenza in a pediatric cohort in Managua, Nicaragua

  • Steph Wraith,
  • Angel Balmaseda,
  • Fausto Andres Bustos Carrillo,
  • Guillermina Kuan,
  • John Huddleston,
  • John Kubale,
  • Roger Lopez,
  • Sergio Ojeda,
  • Amy Schiller,
  • Brenda Lopez,
  • Nery Sanchez,
  • Richard Webby,
  • Martha I. Nelson,
  • Eva Harris,
  • Aubree Gordon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28858-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here Wraith et al. report homotypic protection from repeated influenza infection in a prospective pediatric cohort in Nicaragua followed for 9 years. This protection is observed across multiple seasons, subtypes, and lineages and is consistent for older and younger children.