Induction of immune response after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccination in healthcare workers

J Virus Erad. 2021 Jun;7(2):100046. doi: 10.1016/j.jve.2021.100046. Epub 2021 May 19.

Salvatore Zaffina¹, Claudia Alteri^{2

3}, Alessandra Ruggiero^{4

5}, Nicola Cotugno⁴, Maria Rosaria Vinci¹, Vincenzo Camisa¹, Anna Paola Santoro¹, Rita Brugaletta¹, Gloria Deriu¹, Eva Piano Mortari^{6

3}, Ane Fernandez Salinas^{6

3}, Cristina Russo⁶, Stefania Ranno⁶, Luana Coltella⁶, Luna Colagrossi⁶, Ottavia Porzio^{7

8}, Andrea Onetti Muda⁹, Massimiliano Raponi¹⁰, Marta Ciofi Degli Atti¹¹, Caterina Rizzo¹¹, Alberto Villani¹², Paolo Rossi¹³, Paolo Palma⁴, Rita Carsetti^{6

3}, Carlo Federico Perno^{3

6}

¹ Occupational Medicine Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Multimodal Medicine Research Area, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Academic Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Immunology and Vaccinology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Italy.
⁶ Microbiology and Diagnostic Immunology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Clinical Pathology Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Department of Experimental Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Laboratories, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Medical Direction, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹¹ Clinical Pathways and Epidemiology Unit - Medical Direction, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹² Emergency and General Pediatrics Department, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
¹³ Academic Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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Keywords: COVID-19 vaccination; Healthcare workers; Immunological response; mRNA vaccine.