Serotype-Specific Correlates of Protection for Pneumococcal Carriage: An Analysis of Immunity in 19 Countries

Merryn Voysey, Thomas R. Fanshawe, Dominic F. Kelly, Katherine L. O'Brien, Rama Kandasamy, Shrijana Shrestha, Stephen Thorson, Jason Hinds, Andrew J. Pollard

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Abstract

Background. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) provide direct protection against disease in those vaccinated, and interrupt transmission through the prevention of nasopharyngeal (NP) carriage. Methods. We analyzed immunogenicity data from 5224 infants who received PCV in prime-boost schedules. We defned any increase in antibody between the 1-month postpriming visit and the booster dose as an indication of NP carriage ("seroincidence"). We calculated antibody concentrations using receiver operating characteristic curves, and used generalized additive models to compute their protective efcacy against seroincidence. To support seroincidence as a marker of carriage, we compared seroincidence in a randomized immunogenicity trial in Nepal with the serotype-specifc prevalence of carriage in the same community. Results. In Nepalese infants, seroincidence of carriage closely correlated with serotype-specifc carriage prevalence in the community. In the larger data set, antibody concentrations associated with seroincidence were lowest for serotypes 6B and 23F (0.50 μg/mL and 0.63 μg/mL, respectively), and highest for serotypes 19F and 14 (2.54 μg/mL and 2.48 μg/mL, respectively). Te protective efcacy of antibody at these levels was 62% and 74% for serotypes 6B and 23F, and 87% and 84% for serotypes 19F and 14. Protective correlates were on average 2.15 times higher in low/lower middle-income countries than in high/upper middle-income countries (geometric mean ratio, 2.15 [95% confdence interval, 1.46-3.17]; P =.0024). Conclusions. Antibody concentrations associated with protection vary between serotypes. Higher antibody concentrations are required for protection in low-income countries. Tese fndings are important for global vaccination policy, to interrupt transmission by protecting against carriage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)913-920
Number of pages8
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume66
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 5 2018

Keywords

  • Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
  • antibody
  • correlates of protection
  • nasopharyngeal carriage
  • threshold

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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