Influenza vaccination responses: Evaluating impact of repeat vaccination among health care workers.

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Influenza vaccination responses: Evaluating impact of repeat vaccination among health care workers.

Vaccine. 2017 May 02;35(19):2558-2568

Authors: Leung VKY, Carolan LA, Worth LJ, Harper SA, Peck H, Tilmanis D, Laurie KL, Slavin MA, Sullivan SG

Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the antibody response to influenza between health care workers (HCWs) who have received multiple vaccinations (high vaccination group) and those who have received fewer vaccinations (low vaccination group).
DESIGN: Prospective serosurvey.
SETTING: Tertiary referral hospital.
PARTICIPANTS: Healthcare workers.
METHODS: Healthcare workers were vaccinated with the 2015 southern hemisphere trivalent influenza vaccine. Influenza antibody titres were measured pre-vaccination, 21-28days post-vaccination and 6months post-vaccination. Antibody titres were measured using the haemagglutination inhibition assay. Levels of seropositivity and estimated geometric mean titres were calculated.
RESULTS: Of the 202 HCWs enrolled, 182 completed the study (143 high vaccination and 39 low vaccination). Both vaccination groups demonstrated increases in post-vaccination geometric mean titres, with greater gains in the low vaccination group. Seropositivity remained high in both high and low vaccination groups post-vaccination. The highest fold rise was observed among HCWs in the low vaccination group against the H3N2 component of the vaccine.
CONCLUSIONS: Both high and low vaccination groups in our study demonstrated protective antibody titres post-vaccination. The findings from the current study are suggestive of decreased serological response among highly vaccinated HCWs. More studies with larger sample sizes and a greater number of people in the vaccine-naïve and once-vaccinated groups are required to confirm or refute these findings before making any policy changes.

PMID: 28385605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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