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ArticleJournal of medical virology2022

Antibody titers after a third dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in immunocompromised adults in Greece: Is a fourth dose necessary?

Konstantina Kontopoulou, Christos T Nakas, Chrysoula Belai, Georgios Papazisis

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Konstantina KontopoulouLaboratory of Microbiology, "G. Gennimatas" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0121-8688
Christos T NakasLaboratory of Biometry, University of Thessaly, Nea Ionia/Volos, Magnesia, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-4155-722X
Chrysoula BelaiLaboratory of Microbiology, "G. Gennimatas" General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios PapazisisDepartment of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1641-9095
General Hospital of Athens G. Genimatas · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRUniversity of Bern · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-world data suggest that protection against COVID-19 declines a few months after vaccination, particularly in the elderly and immunocompromised individuals. Our study aimed to analyze the humoral response induced by a third supplemental dose of BNT162b2 vaccine in a mixed group of immunocompromised individuals by determining anti-spike (anti-S) IgG antibody titers at baseline (pre-third vaccine dose) and 4 weeks after the dose. Serum samples were obtained from a total group of 85 immunocompromised individuals (history of cancer: n = 20, lymphoma: n = 4, leukemia: n = 3, transplant recipients: n = 4, autoimmune disease: n = 42, inflammatory disease: n = 6, autoimmune diabetes type 1: n = 6) all of whom had previously received a two-dose schedule of the vaccine. The average number of days between second and third dose was 139.6145 (±41.39071). The overall IgG GMCs 4 weeks postvaccination were increased by more than 35 times (fold change = 35.30, p < 0.001). Fold changes were not significantly correlated with underlying condition, age, sex nor with days between second and third dose. Considering the predominance of omicron variants in the current period and the results of studies showing a decrease in the effectiveness of the third dose after 10 weeks we highly recommend a fourth dose to this vulnerable population group.

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COVID-19VaccinesAdultAgedAntibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesGreeceHumansSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, ViralBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19 VaccinesVaccinesantibody titersBNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccineGreeceimmunocompromised adultsimmunogenicitySARS-CoV-2third dose

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PMID35739059
PMCPMC9349841
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