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Pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine protects against 1918 Spanish influenza virus

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  • Rafael A. Medina

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Balaji Manicassamy

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Silke Stertz

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Christopher W. Seibert

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Rong Hai

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Robert B. Belshe

    (NIAID Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit, Saint Louis University, 1100 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.)

  • Sharon E. Frey

    (NIAID Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit, Saint Louis University, 1100 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.)

  • Christopher F. Basler

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Peter Palese

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

  • Adolfo García-Sastre

    (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA.)

Abstract

The 1918 influenza A virus caused the most devastating pandemic, killing approximately 50 million people worldwide. Immunization with 1918-like and classical swine H1N1 virus vaccines results in cross-protective antibodies against the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, indicating antigenic similarities among these viruses. In this study, we demonstrate that vaccination with the 2009 pandemic H1N1 vaccine elicits 1918 virus cross-protective antibodies in mice and humans, and that vaccination or passive transfer of human-positive sera reduced morbidity and conferred full protection from lethal challenge with the 1918 virus in mice. The spread of the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus in the population worldwide, in addition to the large number of individuals already vaccinated, suggests that a large proportion of the population now have cross-protective antibodies against the 1918 virus, greatly alleviating concerns and fears regarding the accidental exposure/release of the 1918 virus from the laboratory and the use of the virus as a bioterrorist agent.

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  • Rafael A. Medina & Balaji Manicassamy & Silke Stertz & Christopher W. Seibert & Rong Hai & Robert B. Belshe & Sharon E. Frey & Christopher F. Basler & Peter Palese & Adolfo García-Sastre, 2010. "Pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine protects against 1918 Spanish influenza virus," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:1:y:2010:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1026
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1026
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    1. Arnstein Aassve & Guido Alfani & Francesco Gandolfi & Marco Le Moglie, 2021. "Epidemics and trust: The case of the Spanish Flu," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(4), pages 840-857, April.

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