Risk of severe COVID in solid organ transplant recipient

©The Author 2023. Published by Sociedad Española de Quimioterapia. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)..

Despite the fact that COVID is today not a life-threat for the general population, recipients of solid organ transplantation should be viewed as a high risk group for severe COVID. Repetitive doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine still fail to protect SOT recipients from infection, disease or even death caused by COVID. A more frequent need for medical care may initially place these patients at greater chances of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Immunosuppression after engrafting and underlying medical conditions that led to the practice of SOT contribute to more risk of severe infection. Immunosuppression also blunts the intensity of humoral and cellular responses after vaccination, even when several booster doses have been administered. Still, vaccination is the best strategy to prevent a fatal outcome in case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a particular reduction in mortality. SOT recipients should be considered a high-risk population that need yearly SARS-CoV-2 vaccination.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36 Suppl 1

Enthalten in:

Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia - 36 Suppl 1(2023) vom: 18. Nov., Seite 15-17

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Barreiro, P [VerfasserIn]
Candel, F J [VerfasserIn]
Carretero, M M [VerfasserIn]
San Román, J [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 27.11.2023

Date Revised 18.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.37201/req/s01.04.2023

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NLM364891181