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Influenza-like illness symptoms due to endemic human coronavirus reinfections are not influenced by the length of the interval separating reinfections.
Sechan, Ferdyansyah; Edridge, Arthur W D; van Rijswijk, Jacqueline; Jebbink, Maarten F; Deijs, Martin; Bakker, Margreet; Matser, Amy; Prins, Maria; van der Hoek, Lia.
Affiliation
  • Sechan F; Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Edridge AWD; Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • van Rijswijk J; Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Jebbink MF; Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Deijs M; Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Bakker M; Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Matser A; Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Prins M; Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • van der Hoek L; Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Microbiol Spectr ; 12(3): e0391223, 2024 Mar 05.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38329364
ABSTRACT
After 3 years of its introduction to humans, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been declared as endemic. Little is known about the severity of the disease manifestation that future infections may cause, especially when reinfections occur after humoral immunity from a previous infection or vaccination has waned. Such knowledge could inform policymakers regarding the frequency of vaccination. Reinfections by endemic human coronaviruses (HCoVs) can serve as a model system for SARS-CoV-2 endemicity. We monitored 44 immunocompetent male adults with blood sampling every 6 months (for 17 years), for the frequency of HCoV (re-)infections, using rises in N-antibodies of HCoV-NL63, HCoV-29E, HCoV-OC43, and HCoV-HKU1 as markers of infection. Disease associations during (re-)infections were examined by comparison of self-reporting records of influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, every 6 months, by all participants. During 8,549 follow-up months, we found 364 infections by any HCoV with a median of eight infections per person. Symptoms more frequently reported during HCoV infection were cough, sore throat, and myalgia. Two hundred fifty-one of the 364 infections were species-specific HCoV-reinfections, with a median interval of 3.58 (interquartile range 1.92-5.67) years. The length of the interval between reinfections-being either short or long-had no influence on the frequency of reporting ILI symptoms. All HCoV-NL63, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, and HCoV-HKU1 (re-)infections are associated with the reporting of ILIs. Importantly, in immunocompetent males, these symptoms are not influenced by the length of the interval between reinfections. IMPORTANCE Little is known about the disease following human coronavirus (HCoV) reinfection occurring years after the previous infection, once humoral immunity has waned. We monitored endemic HCoV reinfection in immunocompetent male adults for up to 17 years. We found no influence of reinfection interval length in the disease manifestation, suggesting that immunocompetent male adults are adequately protected against future HCoV infections.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Respiratory Tract Infections / Coronavirus 229E, Human / Coronavirus OC43, Human / Influenza, Human / Coronavirus NL63, Human Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Microbiol Spectr Year: 2024 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Respiratory Tract Infections / Coronavirus 229E, Human / Coronavirus OC43, Human / Influenza, Human / Coronavirus NL63, Human Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Microbiol Spectr Year: 2024 Document type: Article