- Andrade, Paulina;
- Gimblet-Ochieng, Ciara;
- Modirian, Faraz;
- Collins, Matthew;
- Cárdenas, Maritza;
- Katzelnick, Leah C;
- Montoya, Magelda;
- Michlmayr, Daniela;
- Kuan, Guillermina;
- Balmaseda, Angel;
- Coloma, Josefina;
- de Silva, Aravinda M;
- Harris, Eva
Little is known about enduring memory B cell (MBC) responses to Zika virus (ZIKV) and their relationship with circulating antibodies. Here we comprehensively assess MBC frequency and specificity alongside serum binding and neutralizing antibody responses to ZIKV ~2 weeks and ~8 months postinfection in 31 pediatric subjects with 0, 1 or >1 prior infections with the related dengue virus (DENV). ZIKV infection elicits a robust type-specific MBC response, and the majority of late convalescent anti-ZIKV serum neutralizing activity is attributable to ZIKV-specific antibodies. The number of prior DENV infections does not influence type-specific or cross-reactive MBC responses, although ZIKV has the highest cross-reactivity with DENV3. DENV cross-reactive MBCs expanded by ZIKV infection decline in number and proportion by late convalescence. Finally, ZIKV induces greater cross-reactivity in the MBC pool than in serum antibodies. Our data suggest immunity to DENV only modestly shapes breadth and magnitude of enduring ZIKV antibody responses.