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Christian G Peace1, Luke A J O'Neill1
1School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Med (New York, N.Y.)
|February 21, 2022
Abstract:
Iron deficiency has been linked to impaired humoral immunity to vaccines. In this issue of Med, Frost et al. demonstrate the importance of serum iron levels for lymphocyte function during vaccination and infection, pointing to iron supplementation as a strategy to boost vaccine efficacy, including against COVID19.1.
