• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Characterisation of the Antibody Response in Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV) Recipients and COVID-19 Convalescent Sera from the Republic of Moldova
  • Contributor: Ulinici, Mariana; Suljič, Alen; Poggianella, Monica; Milan Bonotto, Rafaela; Resman Rus, Katarina; Paraschiv, Angela; Bonetti, Amedeo Marco; Todiras, Mihail; Corlateanu, Alexandru; Groppa, Stanislav; Ceban, Emil; Petrovec, Miroslav; Marcello, Alessandro
  • Published: MDPI AG, 2023
  • Published in: Vaccines, 11 (2023) 3, Seite 637
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11030637
  • ISSN: 2076-393X
  • Keywords: Pharmacology (medical) ; Infectious Diseases ; Drug Discovery ; Pharmacology ; Immunology
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  • Description: <jats:p>The early availability of effective vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, the aetiologic cause of COVID-19, has been at the cornerstone of the global recovery from the pandemic. This study aimed to assess the antispike RBD IgG antibody titres and neutralisation potential of COVID-19 convalescent plasma and the sera of Moldovan adults vaccinated with the Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV vaccine. An IgG ELISA with recombinant SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD and two pseudovirus-based neutralisation assays have been developed to evaluate neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in biosafety level 2 containment facilities. A significant moderate correlation was observed between IgG titres and the overall neutralising levels for each neutralisation assay (ρ = 0.64, p &lt; 0.001; ρ = 0.52, p &lt; 0.001). A separate analysis of convalescent and vaccinated individuals showed a higher correlation of neutralising and IgG titres in convalescent individuals (ρ = 0.68, p &lt; 0.001, ρ = 0.45, p &lt; 0.001) compared with vaccinated individuals (ρ = 0.58, p &lt; 0.001; ρ = 0.53, p &lt; 0.001). It can be concluded that individuals who recovered from infection developed higher levels of antispike RBD IgG antibodies. In comparison, the Sinopharm-vaccinated individuals produced higher levels of neutralising antibodies than convalescent plasma.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access