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ArticleJournal of virological methods2021

Evaluation of the QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 interferon-ɣ release assay in mRNA-1273 vaccinated health care workers.

Alexander Krüttgen, Hanna Klingel, Gerhard Haase, Helga Haefner, Matthias Imöhl, Michael Kleines

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander KrüttgenLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: akruettgen@ukaachen.de.
Hanna KlingelLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Gerhard HaaseLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Helga HaefnerLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Matthias ImöhlLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
Michael KleinesLaboratory Diagnostic Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversitätsklinikum Aachen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current studies focus on cellular and humoral immunity induced by novel SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Non-responders to vaccinations are not uncommonly encountered in clinical medicine (e.g. in the field of hepatitis B). Whereas vaccine-induced humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is compromised by emerging Variants of Concern (VOCs), cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is emerging as resilient against VOCs. Thus commercially available test kits for diagnostic laboratories designed to evaluate cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 are urgently needed. Here we evaluated the novel QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 assay (Qiagen) measuring INF-ɣ release induced by two spike-derived peptide pools (Ag1 and Ag2) in a cohort of health care workers vaccinated with the mRNA-1273 vaccine and confirmed humoral response. Our study indicates the usefulness of this novel assay for routine laboratories to evaluate cellular immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in response to mRNA-1273 vaccination.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-22019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesHealth PersonnelHumansInterferon-gamma Release TestsRNA, Messenger2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273Antibodies, ViralCOVID-19 VaccinesRNA, MessengerCellular immunityCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2SerologyVaccination

Identifiers

PMID34555429
PMCPMC8452154
OpenAlexW3199930610

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