Souris Marc, Tshilolo L., Parzy D., Ingoba L. L., Ntoumi F., Kamgaing R., Ndour M., Mbongi D., Phoba B., Tshilolo M. A., Mbungu R., Sosso M. S., Fainguem N., Dieye T. N., Sylla M., Morand Pierre, Gonzalez J. P. (2022). Pre-pandemic cross-reactive immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African populations. Viruses, 14 (10), 2259 [11 p.].
Titre du document
Pre-pandemic cross-reactive immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African populations
Année de publication
2022
Auteurs
Souris Marc, Tshilolo L., Parzy D., Ingoba L. L., Ntoumi F., Kamgaing R., Ndour M., Mbongi D., Phoba B., Tshilolo M. A., Mbungu R., Sosso M. S., Fainguem N., Dieye T. N., Sylla M., Morand Pierre, Gonzalez J. P.
Source
Viruses, 2022,
14 (10), 2259 [11 p.]
For more than two years after the emergence of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019), significant regional differences in morbidity persist. These differences clearly show lower incidence rates in several regions of the African and Asian continents. The work reported here aimed to test the hypothesis of a pre-pandemic natural immunity acquired by some human populations in central and western Africa, which would, therefore, pose the hypothesis of an original antigenic sin with a virus antigenically close to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). To identify such pre-existing immunity, sera samples collected before the emergence of COVID-19 were tested to detect the presence of IgG reacting antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 proteins of major significance. Sera samples from French blood donors collected before the pandemic served as a control. The results showed a statistically significant difference of antibodies prevalence between the collected samples in Africa and the control samples collected in France. Given the novelty of our results, our next step consists in highlighting neutralizing antibodies to evaluate their potential for pre-pandemic protective acquired immunity against SARS-CoV-2. In conclusion, our results suggest that, in the investigated African sub-regions, the tested populations could have been potentially and partially pre-exposed, before the COVID-19 pandemic, to the antigens of a yet non-identified Coronaviruses.
Plan de classement
Santé : généralités [050]
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Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Description Géographique
CONGO ; CAMEROUN ; SENEGAL
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010086402]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010086402
