Impact of Previous Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Immune Response After a Single Dose of BNT162b2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Vaccine

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 4;8(7):ofab299. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab299. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Immune response after a single dose of BNT162b2 vaccine was markedly increased in subjects with previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, reaching similar immunoglobulin titers to those elicited by the full 2 doses in naive cases, and increased modestly after the second dose. These data may inform the priority of the boosting dose.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; health care workers; immune response; vaccine.