Sara Manti1,2, Frank Esper1,3, Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez1, Salvatore Leonardi4, Pasqua Betta4, Caterina Cuppari2, Angela Lanzafame4, Sarah Worley5, Carmelo Salpietro2, Miriam K Perez1, Fariba Rezaee1, Giovanni Piedimonte6. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, Ohio. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Pediatric Genetics and Immunology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. 3. Center for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Children's, Cleveland, Ohio. 4. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. 5. Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. 6. Departments of Pediatrics, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: More than 60 years since the discovery of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the effects of prenatal exposure to this virus remain largely unknown. In this investigation, we sought to find evidence of RSV seroconversion in cord blood and explore its clinical implications for the newborn. METHODS: Offspring from 22 pregnant women with a history of viral respiratory infection during the third trimester of pregnancy (respiratory viral illness [RVI] group) and 40 controls were enrolled in this study between 1 September 2016 and 31 March 2019. Cord blood sera were tested for anti-RSV antibodies by indirect fluorescent antibody assay. RSV seropositivity was defined as the presence of anti-RSV immunoglobulin M (IgM) or immunoglobulin A (IgA), in addition to IgG in cord blood serum at ≥1:20 dilution. RESULTS: Anti-RSV IgG was present in all cord blood serum samples from infants born to RVI mothers (95% confidence interval [CI] = 82%-100%), with 16 samples also having elevated titers for either anti-RSV IgA or IgM (73%; 95% CI = 52%-87%). No controls had evidence of anti-RSV antibodies. Eight (50%) seropositive newborns developed at least one respiratory tract finding, including respiratory distress syndrome (N = 8), respiratory failure (N = 3), and pneumonia (N = 1). RSV seropositive newborns also required more days on oxygen, had leukocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein (P = .025, P = .047, and P < .001, respectively). CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence of acute seropositivity against RSV in cord blood of newborns delivered from mothers with a history of upper respiratory tract illness in the third trimester. Cord blood seropositivity for anti-RSV IgA or IgM was associated with adverse clinical and laboratory outcomes in newborns.
BACKGROUND: More than 60 years since the discovery of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the effects of prenatal exposure to this virus remain largely unknown. In this investigation, we sought to find evidence of RSV seroconversion in cord blood and explore its clinical implications for the newborn. METHODS: Offspring from 22 pregnant women with a history of viral respiratory infection during the third trimester of pregnancy (respiratory viral illness [RVI] group) and 40 controls were enrolled in this study between 1 September 2016 and 31 March 2019. Cord blood sera were tested for anti-RSV antibodies by indirect fluorescent antibody assay. RSV seropositivity was defined as the presence of anti-RSV immunoglobulin M (IgM) or immunoglobulin A (IgA), in addition to IgG in cord blood serum at ≥1:20 dilution. RESULTS: Anti-RSV IgG was present in all cord blood serum samples from infants born to RVI mothers (95% confidence interval [CI] = 82%-100%), with 16 samples also having elevated titers for either anti-RSV IgA or IgM (73%; 95% CI = 52%-87%). No controls had evidence of anti-RSV antibodies. Eight (50%) seropositive newborns developed at least one respiratory tract finding, including respiratory distress syndrome (N = 8), respiratory failure (N = 3), and pneumonia (N = 1). RSV seropositive newborns also required more days on oxygen, had leukocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein (P = .025, P = .047, and P < .001, respectively). CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence of acute seropositivity against RSV in cord blood of newborns delivered from mothers with a history of upper respiratory tract illness in the third trimester. Cord blood seropositivity for anti-RSV IgA or IgM was associated with adverse clinical and laboratory outcomes in newborns.
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