Nassuuna, Jacent; Sterk, Joas; Walusimbi, Bridgious; Natukunda, Agnes; Nkangi, Ronald; Amongin, Rebecca; Zirimenya, Ludoviko; Webb, Emily L; Elliott, Alison M; Nkurunungi, Gyaviira; (2025) Helminth driven gut inflammation and microbial translocation associate with altered vaccine responses in rural Uganda. NPJ Vaccines, 10 (1). 56-. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-025-01116-x
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Abstract
Vaccine responses are sometimes impaired in rural, low-income settings. Helminth-associated gut barrier dysfunction and microbial translocation (MT) may be implicated. We used samples from a trial of praziquantel treatment-effects on vaccine responses in Schistosoma mansoni (Sm)-endemic Ugandan islands, measuring intestinal fatty acid-binding protein 2 (I-FABP2), lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, anti-endotoxin core antibodies (EndoCab), soluble CD14 (sCD14) in plasma, and faecal lipocalin-2, occult blood (FOB), and calprotectin (fCAL), and evaluating their associations with baseline helminth infection, praziquantel treatment, and responses to BCG, yellow fever, typhoid, HPV, and tetanus-diphtheria vaccines. Sm associated positively with fCAL and FOB, hookworm with I-FABP2, and any helminth with EndoCab IgM, fCAL and FOB. Sm associated inversely with sCD14. Praziquantel treatment reduced all marker concentrations, significantly fCAL and FOB, implying that Sm-associated gut inflammation and MT is reversible. Associations of assessed markers with vaccine-specific responses were predominantly inverse. Interventions to improve gut barrier function may enhance vaccine responsiveness.
Item Type | Article |
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Faculty and Department |
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology & International Health (2023-) Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research MRC Uganda > UG-Basic Science |
Research Centre |
TB Centre MRC International Statistics & Epidemiology Partnership |
PubMed ID | 40140378 |
Elements ID | 238441 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-025-01116-x |
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