Epitope Variation in Hemagglutinin and Antibody Responses to Successive A/Victoria A(H1N1) Strains in Young and Older Adults Following Seasonal Influenza Vaccination: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Annual influenza vaccine updates target viral drift, but immune responses may be biased by original antigenic sin (OAS). Few studies have explored this across closely related strains. This study examines how OAS shapes responses to sequential influenza variants in the context of seasonal vaccination. Methods: We conducted a prospective, longitudinal study to assess the humoral immune response to the 2023-2024 seasonal influenza vaccine containing the A/Victoria/4897/2022 (H1N1) strain. Bioinformatic analyses compared the hemagglutinin (HA) sequences of A/Victoria/4897/2022 and the antigenically related A/Victoria/2570/2019 strain. B-cell epitopes were mapped with BepiPred-3.0 and BepiBlast, and their physicochemical properties analyzed via accessibility, β-turns,

SUBMITTER: Espinar-Garcia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12298324 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature