Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to overcome vaccine hyporesponsiveness in patients with cirrhosis
John BV, Ferreira RD, Doshi A, Kaplan DE, Taddei TH, Spector SA, Paulus E, Deng Y, Bastaich D, Dahman B. Third dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine appears to overcome vaccine hyporesponsiveness in patients with cirrhosis. Journal Of Hepatology 2022, 77: 1349-1358. PMID: 36181987, PMCID: PMC9519143, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.07.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 mRNA vaccinesCritical COVID-19COVID-19-related deathsThird doseMRNA vaccinesCOVID-19Propensity-matched control groupRetrospective cohort studyModerate COVID-19Symptomatic COVID-19Veterans Health AdministrationBNT-162b2BNT162b2 mRNAModerna mRNACohort studyImmune dysregulationCirrhosisSimilar riskGeneral populationMagnitude of reductionPatientsControl groupHealth AdministrationVaccineAbstractText