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Six-month Antibody Kinetics and Durability After 3 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series

Date:

05/01/2022

Citation:

Abedon AT, Alejo JL, Kim JD, Thomas L, Mitchell J, Chiang TPY, Avery RK, Tobian AAR, Levan ML, Warren DS, Massie AB, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Werbel WA. Six-month Antibody Kinetics and Durability After 3 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series. Transplantation. 2022 May 1;106(5):e281-e283. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004069. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PMID: 35066543; PMCID: PMC9038245.

Abstract

Solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) are less likely to develop antibodies and have lower median antibody levels after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination versus the general population.1-3 Some SOTRs with low or negative antibody levels after 2 mRNA vaccines can develop higher levels after a third dose (D3), but long-term antibody durability is unknown.4 Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allows for a fourth vaccine dose 6 mo after an “additional primary vaccine,” but there is a paucity of information to inform this policy.5 We describe 6-mo SARS-CoV-2 antibody kinetics and durability in 32 SOTRs who received D3 (April 1, 2021–June 26, 2021) and were followed through December 9, 2021.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35066543/