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Vaccination for 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A did not induce conserved epitope-specific memory CD8 T cell responses in HIV+ northern Thai children

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Vaccine. 2015 Jul 29. pii: S0264-410X(15)01009-9. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.07.048. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Vaccination for 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A did not induce conserved epitope-specific memory CD8 T cell responses in HIV+ northern Thai children.[/h] Chawansuntati K[SUP]1[/SUP], Aurpibul L[SUP]2[/SUP], Wipasa J[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] The influenza virus causes severe illness in susceptible populations, including children and people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Here, we investigated cell-mediated immune responses (CMI) against influenza CD8 T cell conserved epitopes in HIV-infected (HIV+) northern Thai children following the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A vaccination. Sixty HIV+ children were vaccinated with two doses of the 2009 pandemic influenza vaccine and their CD8T cell responses were assessed. We found no significant differences in the increase of cytokines-producing and CD107a-expressing CD8+ T cells or CD8+ memory T cells in response to pooled conserved epitopes stimulation in vitro between children with different serologic responses to the vaccine at all time points of the study. Our results suggest that the 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine did not induce the conserved epitope-specific immune responses in HIV+ children. Vaccine design and vaccination strategy against influenza in these populations warrant further studies.
Copyright ? 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza A; Cell-mediated immune responses; H1N1 conserved epitope; HIV-infected children

PMID: 26232347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
 
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