title: Humoral and mucosal immunity in protection from natural respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults.
abstract: Virus-specific nasal immunoglobulin (Ig) A and serum antibody titers in 67 respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-infected adults were compared with titers in age-matched uninfected control subjects. Control subjects had significantly higher levels of nasal IgA and serum IgG to the RSV F, Ga, and Gb proteins than infected subjects. Serum neutralizing-antibody titers to group A and B RSV strains were also lower in infected subjects, although differences were not as large. Multivariate analysis found that low RSV-specific nasal IgA was an independently significant risk factor for RSV infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, USA. edward.walsh@viahealth.org
authors.forename: Edward E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Ann R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Falsey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018928:Immunity, Mucosal; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018357:Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000276:immunology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D014764:Viral Proteins