Symptoms associated with influenza vaccination and experimental human pneumococcal colonisation of the nasopharynx

Caz Hales, Simon P. Jochems, Rachel Robinson, Carla Solórzano, Beatriz Carniel, Sherin Pojar, Jesus Reine Gutierrez, Esther German, Elissavet Nikolaou, Elena Mitsi, Angela D. Hyder-Wright, Helen Hill, Hugh Adler, Victoria Connor, Seher Zaidi, Catherine Lowe, Xiaojing Fan, Duolao Wang, Stephen Gordon, Jamie RylanceDaniela Ferreira

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Abstract

Background

Nasopharyngeal colonisation by S. pneumoniae is a prerequisite for invasive pneumococcal infections. Influenza co-infection leads to increased susceptibility to secondary pneumonia and mortality during influenza epidemics. Increased bacterial load and impaired immune responses to pneumococcus caused by influenza play a role in this increased susceptibility. Using an Experimental Human Challenge Model and influenza vaccines, we examined symptoms experienced by healthy adults during nasal co-infection with S. pneumoniae and live attenuated influenza virus.

Methods

Randomised, blinded administration of Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) or Tetravalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (TIV) either preceded bacterial inoculation or followed it, separated by a 3-day interval. The presence and density of S. pneumoniae was determined from nasal washes. Participants completed a symptom questionnaire from the first intervention until 6 days post second intervention.

Results

The timing and type of influ

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2298-2306
Number of pages9
JournalVaccine
Volume38
Issue number10
Early online date5 Feb 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2020

Keywords

  • Controlled human infection challenge model
  • Influenza vaccination
  • Live attenuated influenza vaccine
  • Pneumococcal inoculation
  • Pneumococcus colonisation
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Symptoms

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