EASL position paper on the use of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with chronic liver diseases, hepatobiliary cancer and liver transplant recipients

M Cornberg, M Buti, CS Eberhardt, PA Grossi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
According to a recent World Health Organization estimate, the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, which originated in China in 2019, has …

[HTML][HTML] The global impact of COVID-19 on solid organ transplantation: two years into a pandemic

A Nimmo, D Gardiner, I Ushiro-Lumb, R Ravanan… - …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a major global
impact on solid organ transplantation (SOT). An estimated 16% global reduction in …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced humoral response to mRNA SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine in kidney transplant recipients without prior exposure to the virus

A Grupper, L Rabinowich, D Schwartz… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
COVID-19 is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in transplant recipients.
There are no efficacy data available regarding these patients with any of the available SARS …

Humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in renal transplant versus dialysis patients: a prospective, multicenter observational study using mRNA …

J Stumpf, T Siepmann, T Lindner, C Karger… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Dialysis and kidney transplant patients are vulnerable populations for COVID-
19 related disease and mortality. Methods We conducted a prospective study exploring the …

Association between immune dysfunction and COVID-19 breakthrough infection after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the US

J Sun, Q Zheng, V Madhira, AL Olex… - JAMA internal …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Persons with immune dysfunction have a higher risk for severe COVID-19
outcomes. However, these patients were largely excluded from SARS-CoV-2 vaccine …

Low immunogenicity to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among liver transplant recipients

L Rabinowich, A Grupper, R Baruch… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Two SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines were approved to prevent COVID-19
infection, with reported vaccine efficacy of 95%. Liver transplant (LT) recipients are at risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine among kidney transplant recipients: a prospective cohort study

B Rozen-Zvi, D Yahav, T Agur, B Zingerman… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to evaluate the rates of antibody response to severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mRNA vaccine among kidney transplant recipients …

Antibody and T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 messenger RNA BNT162b2 vaccine in kidney transplant recipients and hemodialysis patients

D Bertrand, M Hamzaoui, V Lemée… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated
with a high rate of mortality in patients with ESKD, and vaccination is hoped to prevent …

Impaired humoral response in renal transplant recipients to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination with BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech)

J Korth, M Jahn, O Dorsch, OE Anastasiou… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has a major impact on
transplant recipients, with mortality rates up to 20%. Therefore, the effect of established …

Practical guide to vaccination in all stages of CKD, including patients treated by dialysis or kidney transplantation

KM Krueger, MG Ison, C Ghossein - American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease
(CKD), including those receiving maintenance dialysis or with a kidney transplant. Although …