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ArticleImmunity & ageing : I & A2021

Validation of the effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in older adults in "real-world" settings.

Nan-Ping Weng, Graham Pawelec

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Article in Immunity & ageing : I & A, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nan-Ping WengLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD, USA. Wengn@mail.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8175-8953
Graham PawelecDepartment of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. graham.pawelec@uni-tuebingen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapidity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination around the world has substantially reduced the number of new cases of COVID-19 and their severity in highly vaccinated countries. The unanticipated efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in older adults has been very encouraging but the longevity of vaccine immunity is currently unknown and protection against emerging variants may be lower. Adoptive immunotherapy with neutralizing mAb may offer an alternative for poor vaccine responders, while the mechanisms underlying failure to respond are still unclear. Further studies of B and T cell responses and their regulation particularly in older populations will provide a more solid foundation to develop suitable approaches to optimize vaccine responses of older adults who fail to mount a durable response.

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AgingCOVID-19Longevity of vaccine responseNeutralizing mAbSARS-CoV-2Vaccination

Identifiers

PMID34551812
PMCPMC8455805

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