Neutralization and durability of 2 or 3 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine against Omicron SARS-CoV-2

Hongjie Xia, Jing Zou, Chaitanya Kurhade, Hui Cai, Qi Yang, Mark Cutler, David Cooper, Alexander Muik, Kathrin U. Jansen, Xuping Xie, Kena A. Swanson, Pei Yong Shi

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Abstract

Two doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine are highly effective against SARS-CoV-2. Here, we tested the antibody neutralization against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 after 2 and 3 doses of BNT162b2. Serum from vaccinated individuals was serially tested for its ability to neutralize wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (USA-WA1/2020) and an engineered USA-WA1/2020 bearing the Omicron spike glycoprotein. At 2 or 4 weeks post dose 2, the neutralization geometric mean titers (GMTs) against the wild-type and Omicron-spike viruses were 511 and 20, respectively; at 1 month post dose 3, the neutralization GMTs increased to 1,342 and 336; and at 4 months post dose 3, the neutralization GMTs decreased to 820 and 171. The data support a 3-dose vaccination strategy and provide a glimpse into the durability of the neutralization response against Omicron.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)485-488.e3
JournalCell Host and Microbe
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 13 2022

Keywords

  • BNT162b2 vaccine
  • Pfizer vacine
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • neutralization
  • neutralization durability
  • variants

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Microbiology
  • Virology

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