The burden of COVID-19 in a heterogeneous population of immunocompromised patients – realities of the postpandemic

Abstract

On July 3, 2023, an interdisciplinary Council of Experts The burden of COVID-19 in a heterogeneous population of immunocompromised patients post-pandemic realities was held in Moscow with leading experts in pulmonology, rheumatology, hematology, oncology, nephrology, allergology-immunology, transplantation, and infectious diseases. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the current clinical and epidemiologic situation related to COVID-19, the relevance of disease prevention strategies for high-risk patients. The experts addressed the following issues: 1) the disease burden of COVID-19 in 2023 for patients with immunodeficiency in different therapeutic areas; 2) the place of passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies as a method of COVID-19 prophylaxis among immunocompromised patients; 3) prerequisites for the inclusion of passive immunization of immunocompromised patients into routine clinical practice.

Keywords

• covid-19
• immunity
• passive immunization
• monoclonal antibodies