Comparison of infection‐induced and vaccine‐induced immunity against COVID‐19 in patients with cirrhosis
John BV, Doshi A, Ferreira RD, Taddei TH, Kaplan DE, Spector SA, Deng Y, Bastaich D, Dahman B. Comparison of infection‐induced and vaccine‐induced immunity against COVID‐19 in patients with cirrhosis. Hepatology 2022, 77: 186-196. PMID: 35712794, DOI: 10.1002/hep.32619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reactionVaccine-induced immunitySARS-CoV-2 infectionInfection-induced immunityImmunity groupsReduced oddsSARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reactionCOVID-19Retrospective cohort studyCritical COVID-19Multivariable logistic regressionSARS-CoV-2Unvaccinated participantsUnvaccinated patientsFull vaccinationCohort studyCOVID-19 variantsCommunity prevalencePrevious infectionMRNA vaccinesPolymerase chain reactionUS veteransTreatment weightingCirrhosisPropensity scorePostvaccination COVID‐19 infection is associated with reduced mortality in patients with cirrhosis
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