Pre-Pandemic Cross-Reactive Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African Populations

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Main Authors: Souris, Marc, Tshilolo, Léon, Parzy, Daniel, Lobaloba Ingoba, Line, Ntoumi, Francine, Kamgaing, Rachel, Ndour, Moussa, Mbongi, Destin, Phoba, Balthazar, Tshilolo, Marie-Anasthasie, Mbungu, René, Sosso, Martin Samuel, Fainguem, Nadine, Ndiaye Dieye, Tandakha, Sylla, Massamba, Morand, Pierre, Gonzalez, Jean-Paul
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author Souris, Marc
Tshilolo, Léon
Parzy, Daniel
Lobaloba Ingoba, Line
Ntoumi, Francine
Kamgaing, Rachel
Ndour, Moussa
Mbongi, Destin
Phoba, Balthazar
Tshilolo, Marie-Anasthasie
Mbungu, René
Sosso, Martin Samuel
Fainguem, Nadine
Ndiaye Dieye, Tandakha
Sylla, Massamba
Morand, Pierre
Gonzalez, Jean-Paul
author_facet Souris, Marc
Tshilolo, Léon
Parzy, Daniel
Lobaloba Ingoba, Line
Ntoumi, Francine
Kamgaing, Rachel
Ndour, Moussa
Mbongi, Destin
Phoba, Balthazar
Tshilolo, Marie-Anasthasie
Mbungu, René
Sosso, Martin Samuel
Fainguem, Nadine
Ndiaye Dieye, Tandakha
Sylla, Massamba
Morand, Pierre
Gonzalez, Jean-Paul
contents (Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) 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.
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spellingShingle Pre-Pandemic Cross-Reactive Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African Populations
Souris, Marc
Tshilolo, Léon
Parzy, Daniel
Lobaloba Ingoba, Line
Ntoumi, Francine
Kamgaing, Rachel
Ndour, Moussa
Mbongi, Destin
Phoba, Balthazar
Tshilolo, Marie-Anasthasie
Mbungu, René
Sosso, Martin Samuel
Fainguem, Nadine
Ndiaye Dieye, Tandakha
Sylla, Massamba
Morand, Pierre
Gonzalez, Jean-Paul
Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) 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.
title Pre-Pandemic Cross-Reactive Immunity against SARS-CoV-2 among Central and West African Populations
topic Biodiversity
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Chordata
Animalia
bats
bat
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13425575