[HTML][HTML] Insufficient response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and high incidence of severe COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients during pandemic

T Reischig, M Kacer, T Vlas, P Drenko… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccination may fail
to sufficiently protect transplant recipients against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
We retrospectively evaluated COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients (n= 226) after
BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine administration. The control group consisted of unvaccinated
patients (n= 194) during the previous pandemic wave. We measured anti-spike protein
immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels and cellular responses, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent …