Vaccines (Oct 2021)

Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm: A Comparative Study on Post-Vaccination Antibody Titers

  • Rami Alqassieh,
  • Aiman Suleiman,
  • Sami Abu-Halaweh,
  • Abeer Santarisi,
  • Omar Shatnawi,
  • Lara Shdaifat,
  • Amjed Tarifi,
  • Mohammad Al-Tamimi,
  • Abdel-Ellah Al-Shudifat,
  • Heba Alsmadi,
  • Ahmed Al Sharqawi,
  • Hadeel Alnawaiseh,
  • Yara Anasweh,
  • Farah Abo Domaidah,
  • Haneen Abu Jaber,
  • Mohammad Rashid Al-Zarir,
  • Isam Bsisu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111223
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 11
p. 1223

Abstract

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COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines induce immunity through different mechanisms. The aim of this study is to compare the titers of specific antibodies in subjects vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or the Sinopharm vaccine. This prospective observational cohort included Jordanian adults vaccinated with two doses, 21 days apart, of either of the two aforementioned vaccines. Titers were collected 6 weeks after the administration of the second dose. Overall, 288 participants were included, of which 141 were administered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, while 147 were administered the Sinopharm vaccine. Remarkably, 140 (99.3%) of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine recipients had positive IgG titers, while 126 (85.7%) of Sinopharm recipients had positive IgG (p p p = 0.002), compared with a negative effect of cardiovascular diseases (OR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.11–0.99; p = 0.48) on IgG titers. In conclusion, fully vaccinated recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had superior quantitative efficiency compared to Sinopharm recipients. A booster dose is supported for Sinopharm recipients, or those with chronic immunosuppressive diseases.

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