Torquetenovirus viral load is associated with anti-spike antibody response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccinated kidney transplant patients.

Sara Querido Teresa Adragão Iola Pinto Carolina Câmara Ormonde Ana Luisa Papoila Maria Ana Pessanha Perpétua Gomes Sílvia Ferreira João Mário Figueira Conceição Cardoso João Faro Viana André Weigert

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2022)

Higher TTV viral loads before vaccination are associated with reduced anti-spike total antibody response in SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccinated KT patients. The association between TTV viral load and vaccine response may be an added-value in the optimization of vaccination regimens in KT.

Keyphrases

sars cov
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
coronavirus disease