COVID-19 vaccination in patients receiving dialysis COMMENT

COVID-19 vaccination in patients receiving dialysis COMMENT

Patients receiving dialysis are at high risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 and developing severe COVID-19. Established SARS-CoV-2 vaccination schemes might lack efficacy in these patients and a personalized approach is therefore necessary. Importantly, given the enhanced infection risks associated with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature reviews. Nephrology 2021-12, Vol.17 (12), p.788-789
Hauptverfasser: Wilde, Benjamin, Korth, Johannes, Jahn, Michael, Kribben, Andreas
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Sprache:eng
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Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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Urology & Nephrology
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Zusammenfassung:Patients receiving dialysis are at high risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 and developing severe COVID-19. Established SARS-CoV-2 vaccination schemes might lack efficacy in these patients and a personalized approach is therefore necessary. Importantly, given the enhanced infection risks associated with dialysis, current vaccines do not replace non-pharmacological measures to prevent infection.
ISSN:1759-5061
1759-507X
DOI:10.1038/s41581-021-00499-z