Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Immunogenicity to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine third dose in people living with HIV

  • Alessandra Vergori,
  • Alessandro Cozzi Lepri,
  • Stefania Cicalini,
  • Giulia Matusali,
  • Veronica Bordoni,
  • Simone Lanini,
  • Silvia Meschi,
  • Roberta Iannazzo,
  • Valentina Mazzotta,
  • Francesca Colavita,
  • Ilaria Mastrorosa,
  • Eleonora Cimini,
  • Davide Mariotti,
  • Lydia De Pascale,
  • Alessandra Marani,
  • Paola Gallì,
  • AnnaRosa Garbuglia,
  • Concetta Castilletti,
  • Vincenzo Puro,
  • Chiara Agrati,
  • Enrico Girardi,
  • Francesco Vaia,
  • Andrea Antinori,
  • HIV-VAC study group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32263-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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HIV infection may affect the immune response to vaccination. Here the authors show that humoral response in persons living with HIV after the third dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is strong and higher than that achieved with the second dose, while cell-mediated immunity remains stable.