Daniele Mauro, Antonio Ciancio, Claudio Di Vico, Luana Passariello, Gelsomina Rozza, Maria Dora Pasquale, Ilenia Pantano, Carlo Cannistrà, Laura Bucci, Silvia Scriffignano, Flavia Riccio, Martina Patrone, Giuseppe Scalise, Piero Ruscitti, Maria Vittoria Montemurro, Antonio Giordano, Maria Teresa Vietri, Francesco Ciccia
Objective: In the light of the current COVID-19 epidemic and the availability of effective vaccines, this study aims to identify factors associated with non-response to anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines as immunological alteration associated with immune rheumatic diseases (IRD) and immunosuppressive medications may impair the response to vaccination. Methods: Volunteers in the health profession community with IRD, age, and sex-matched controls (CTRL) who underwent vaccination with two doses of BNT162b2 were recruited for this study...
2022: Frontiers in Immunology