Variants

Omicron Breakthrough Infections in IMID Patients

October 4, 2022 Researchers in Amsterdam conducted a study to compare the severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID) versus healthy controls. IMID patients were invited to participate between April 2020 and March 2021, and were requested (but not obligated) to recruit a healthy control of same sex […]

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Vaccine Efficacy in SLE Patients Across Multiple Variants

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.

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