The Association between Prebooster Vaccination Antibody Levels and the Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection

Noam Barda, Michal Canetti, Mayan Gilboa, Keren Asraf, Victoria Indenboim, Yael Weiss-Ottolenghi, Sharon Amit, Daniel Zubli, Ram Doolman, Ella Mendelson, Laurence S. Freedman, Yitshak Kreiss, Yaniv Lustig, Gili Regev-Yochay

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Abstract

The correlation between anti–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody levels and infection was reported. Here, we estimated the role of pre–fourth dose levels using data from 1098 healthcare workers. The risk of infection was reduced by 46% (95% confidence interval, 29%–59%) for each 10-fold increase in prebooster levels. Prebooster antibody levels could be used to optimally time boosters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1315-1317
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume76
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Apr 2023
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.

Funding

Potential conflicts of interest. G. R.-Y. reports institutional grant funding of studies not related to the current study from Pfizer and Moderna; and consulting fees/honoraria from Teva, MSD, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna, and Medison. N. B. and Y. L. report institutional grants from Pfizer and Moderna. Y. L. reports an investigator-initiated grant from Pfizer, unrelated to this work. Y. K. reports other financial or nonfinancial interests as a lecturer in Tel Aviv University—as a faculty and as guest lecturer in Reichman University. All other authors report no potential conflicts. We thank the Sheba healthcare workers participating in the trial for their full cooperation. We thank the Sheba management, particularly Dr Amir Grinberg, Bella Ben Mordechai, and their team for their assistance; Vered Roa, Amit Orgad, and Yael Beker-Ilani for coordinating the study, recruitment and follow-up; and the laboratory team for their efforts: Ravit Koren, Tal Levin, Osnat Halpern, Yara Kanaaneh, Shiri Kats-Likvornik, Alex Aydenzon, Hanaa Jaber, and Lilac Or. This study was internally funded by Sheba Medical Center. Y. L. is a recipient of the Nehemia Rubin Excellence in Biomedical Research, the TELEM Program of Chaim, Sheba Medical Center.

FundersFunder number
Nehemia Rubin Excellence in Biomedical Research
TELEM Program of Chaim, Sheba Medical Center
Pfizer
Sheba Medical Center

    Keywords

    • IgG levels
    • SARS-CoV-2
    • boosters
    • infection risk
    • mRNA vaccines

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