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Update on Covid-19: vaccines, timing of transplant after COVID-19 infection and use of positive donors.

Catherine-Audrey BoutinMaha AlamriMichael G Ison
Published in: Current opinion in organ transplantation (2023)
Our transplant recipients require a three-dose mRNA or adenovirus-vector and one dose of mRNA vaccine to be optimally protected initially; they then need to receive a bivalent booster 2+ months after completing their initial series. Most nonlung, nonsmall bowel donors with SARS-CoV-2 can be utilized as organ donors.
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