R. Teran, Kelly A. Walblay, E. Shane, Shannon N Xydis, Stéphanie Gretsch, A. Gagner, Usha Samala, Hyeree Choi, C. Zelinski, S. Black
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2021
This article describes 22 cases of breakthrough SARS‐CoV‐2 infection among over 14,000 fully vaccinated skilled nursing facility residents and staff. The majority of such infections were asymptomatic or were associated with mild symptoms, and there was no intra‐ facility spread related to these cases. This report suggests that postvaccination breakthrough infections are rare, but also confirms that vaccines do not offer 100% protection even in nonimmunosuppressed hosts, thus underscoring the need for studies of vaccine efficacy in immunosuppressed transplant recipients.
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Field of study: Medicine