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Antibody response to a third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in heart and lung transplant recipients

Date:

09/08/2022

Citation:

Alejo JL, Ruck JM, Chiang TPY, Abedon AT, Kim JD, Avery RK, Tobian AAR, Warren DS, Levan ML, Massie AB, Garonzik-Wang JM, Segev DL, Werbel WA. Antibody response to a third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in heart and lung transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2022 Sep 8:e14818. doi: 10.1111/ctr.14818. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36073912.

Abstract

Morbidity and mortality from SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in heart (HT) and lung transplant (LT) recipients are high, especially for LT recipients, despite vaccination. 1 Despite severe COVID‐19 outcomes, HT/LT recipients represent <10% of solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) included in cohort studies evaluating two and three dose regimens. 2 There is now strong evidence to support that SOTRs in a greater immunosuppressed state (common among HT/LT recipients) are at increased risk for persistent seronegative state post‐D3. 3 , 4 Therefore, we evaluated antispike antibody responses before and after a third vaccine dose (D3) in HT/LT recipients to quantify post‐D3 antibody responses.

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36073912/