Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Impact of maternal antibodies and microbiota development on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine in African, Indian, and European infants

  • Edward P. K. Parker,
  • Christina Bronowski,
  • Kulandaipalayam Natarajan C. Sindhu,
  • Sudhir Babji,
  • Blossom Benny,
  • Noelia Carmona-Vicente,
  • Nedson Chasweka,
  • End Chinyama,
  • Nigel A. Cunliffe,
  • Queen Dube,
  • Sidhartha Giri,
  • Nicholas C. Grassly,
  • Annai Gunasekaran,
  • Deborah Howarth,
  • Sushil Immanuel,
  • Khuzwayo C. Jere,
  • Beate Kampmann,
  • Jenna Lowe,
  • Jonathan Mandolo,
  • Ira Praharaj,
  • Bakthavatsalam Sandya Rani,
  • Sophia Silas,
  • Vivek Kumar Srinivasan,
  • Mark Turner,
  • Srinivasan Venugopal,
  • Valsan Philip Verghese,
  • Alistair C. Darby,
  • Gagandeep Kang,
  • Miren Iturriza-Gómara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27074-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Oral rotavirus vaccine (ORV) efficacy varies between countries, but underlying reasons aren’t fully understood. In this prospective cohort study, authors show that maternal rotavirus-specific antibodies in serum and breastmilk and pre-vaccination microbiota diversity are negatively correlated with ORV response in India and Malawi but not in the UK.