A recent study investigated COVID-19 outcomes in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiency, comparing hospitalization rates and mortality between both vaccinated and unvaccinated patients.
Read More »A study published in the Journal of Autoimmunity evaluated the immune response of Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in participants with autoimmune systemic diseases. In total, serum samples from 244 AD patients were collected 2-4 weeks and six months after their first vaccine cycle, and 2-4 weeks following their booster dose; 502 people from the general population were used as a control group.
Read More »A new study investigated vaccine efficacy of a primary series and booster dose across multiple variants, including the BA.1 omicron variant, in SLE patients. This is one of the first studies on vaccine efficacy of a primary series and booster dose across multiple variants, including the BA.1 omicron variant, especially in an autoimmune disease patient cohort.
Read More »The Lancet recently conducted a literature review of antibody responses after COVID-19 vaccination in immunocompromised persons published between July 1, 2020, and September 27, 2021. Authors aggregated information from 23 studies with a total of 1722 persons who received an additional dose of a COVID-19 vaccine due to their immunocompromised status.
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