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Latest Findings: Limited Protection of Current Vaccines Against Omicron Variant

2023-07-14 14:07:19

Currently available intramuscular vaccines continue to protect against severe disease and death, but their ability to fight infection with the new omicron variants is limited, according to a Karolinska Institutet study.

Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet and the Danderyd Hospital (Sweden) have been able to verify that protection against infection with coronavirus variants, specifically, Omicron, is related to mucosal IgA (immunoglobulin A) antibodies, which are not induced by vaccination. . The findings, recently published in The Lancet … + read more

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