The Immune Response in Patients after COVID-19 Vaccination
A special issue of Vaccines (ISSN 2076-393X). This special issue belongs to the section "Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Vaccination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 6538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sarcoidosis; interstitial lung diseases; small airway diseases; interventional pulmonology; infectious diseases
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Most healthy individuals have had one booster vaccination for COVID-19, while patients with immunocompromised conditions/treatments have had two booster doses. Evidence suggests that patients with such conditions (connective tissue diseases, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, subjects on intensive immunosuppressant treatments) exhibit a reduced response to vaccination.
There is also evidence that vaccines other than those designed specifically against COVID-19 may confer protection against this disease by the activation of innate immunity. Individuals with other diseases, such as sarcoidosis, are reportedly more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, but results regarding outcome and mortality are contradictory. Guidelines suggest that vaccination in specific sub-populations should account for medication and the intensity of immunosuppressants administered.
Moreover, the evolution of new COVID-19 mutations and strains further aggravate the uncertainty about the effectiveness of current vaccines’ immune response.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to investigate the immunization response, vaccination status, and clinical outcomes in immunocompetent and immunocompromised adults, especially those with sarcoidosis, other interstitial lung diseases or other immunosuppressant statuses, from an immunological or clinical perspective. We look forward to your contributions to this Special Issue, which we hope will contribute to the knowledge regarding this emerging landscape.
Dr. Ilias C. Papanikolaou
Dr. Nadera J. Sweiss
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- vaccination
- immune response
- immunocompromised
- interstitial lung diseases
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