Sensitivity of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Lineage and Sublineage Variant Pseudoviruses to Neutralization by Nonavalent Vaccine Antibodies.

Godi, Anna; Kemp, Troy J; Pinto, Ligia A; Beddows, Simon · J Infect Dis · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Natural variants of human papillomavirus (HPV) are classified into lineages and sublineages based upon whole-genome sequence, but the impact of diversity on protein function is unclear. We investigated the susceptibility of 3-8 representative pseudovirus variants of HPV16, HPV18, HPV31, HPV33, HPV45, HPV52, and HPV58 to neutralization by nonavalent vaccine (Gardasil®9) sera. Many variants demonstrated significant differences in neutralization sensitivity from their consensus A/A1 variant but these were of a low magnitude. HPV52 D and HPV58 C variants exhibited >4-fold reduced sensitivities compared to their consensus A/A1 variant and should be considered distinct serotypes with respect to nonavalent vaccine-induced immunity.

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