In this work we present the case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 1.5-year-old boy affected by severe Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome with previous history of autoinflammatory disease, occurring 5 months after treatment with gene therapy. Before SARS-CoV-2 infection, the patient had obtained engraftment of gene corrected cells, resulting in WASP expression restoration and early immune reconstitution. The patient produced specific immunoglobulins to SARS-CoV-2 at high titer with neutralizing capacity and experienced a mild course of infection, with limited inflammatory complications, despite pre-gene therapy clinical phenotype.

Mild SARS-CoV-2 Infection After Gene Therapy in a Child With Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome: A Case Report

Cenciarelli S.;Bernardo M. E.;Fratini E. S.;Consiglieri G.;Peretto G.;Esposito A.;De Cobelli F.;Piemonti L.;Cicalese M. P.;Aiuti A.;Ferrua F.
2020-01-01

Abstract

In this work we present the case of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a 1.5-year-old boy affected by severe Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome with previous history of autoinflammatory disease, occurring 5 months after treatment with gene therapy. Before SARS-CoV-2 infection, the patient had obtained engraftment of gene corrected cells, resulting in WASP expression restoration and early immune reconstitution. The patient produced specific immunoglobulins to SARS-CoV-2 at high titer with neutralizing capacity and experienced a mild course of infection, with limited inflammatory complications, despite pre-gene therapy clinical phenotype.
2020
gene therapy
immune reconstitution
primary immunodeficiencies
severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2 (2019-nCoV)
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Humans
Infant
Male
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19
Genetic Therapy
SARS-CoV-2
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
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Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11768/126617
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