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ArticleVaccines2022

Short-Term Drop in Antibody Titer after the Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 Vaccine in Adults.

Jonas Herzberg, Bastian Fischer, Heiko Becher, Ann-Kristin Becker, Human Honarpisheh, Salman Yousuf Guraya, Tim Strate, Cornelius Knabbe

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jonas HerzbergDepartment of Surgery, Krankenhaus Reinbek St. Adolf-Stift, 21465 Reinbek, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3562-6575
Bastian FischerInstitut für Laboratoriums-und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz-und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Heiko BecherInstitute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8808-6667
Ann-Kristin BeckerAbteilung für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Asklepios Klinik Harburg, 21075 Hamburg, Germany.
Human HonarpishehDepartment of Surgery, Krankenhaus Reinbek St. Adolf-Stift, 21465 Reinbek, Germany.
Salman Yousuf GurayaClinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah P.O. Box 27272, United Arab Emirates.
Tim StrateDepartment of Surgery, Krankenhaus Reinbek St. Adolf-Stift, 21465 Reinbek, Germany.
Cornelius KnabbeInstitut für Laboratoriums-und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz-und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
Krankenhaus Reinbek - Startseite · DEHeart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia · DEAsklepios Klinikum Harburg · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Sharjah · AE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the longevity of antibodies after a third dose of the mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine BNT162b2 (BioNTech/Pfizer, Mainz, Germany). Therefore, serum antibody levels were evaluated after a third dose of BNT162b2 in healthy adult healthcare workers in Germany. These antibody levels dropped significantly within a short period of 11 weeks from 4155.59 ± 2373.65 BAU/mL to 2389.10 ± 1433.90 BAU/mL, p-value < 0.001 but remained higher than after the second dose (611.92 ± 450.31 BAU/mL). To evaluate the quality of the humoral immune response, we additionally measured neutralizing antibodies, which also showed a small but significant decrease within this short period. These data underline the positive effect of a third dose of BNT162b2 concerning antibody re-induction but also shows a drop of Anti-SARS-CoV-2-IgG within a short span of time.

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antibody longevityBNT162b2humoral immunitySARS-CoV-2vaccination

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PMID35632564
PMCPMC9145913
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