除了预防之外:揭示了三次接种疫苗对COVID-19严重性和固体器官移植接受者资源利用的好处

Jared R Zhang1, John C Johnson1, Richard G Preble1

  • 1Department of Surgery, Division of Multiorgan Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77550, USA.

Transplant immunology
|April 19, 2024
PubMed
概括

接种COVID-19疫苗,特别是在第三剂 (三剂) 时,可显著降低固体器官移植接受者 (SOTR) 的死亡率和住院病例. 双重疫苗接种 (双剂量) 显示死亡率降低,但没有医院住院,这突显了在这个易受伤害的群体中增强剂的好处.

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