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Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Sirotich E, Hausmann J. Removing barriers and disparities in health: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Reviews Rheumatology 2020, 17: 125-126. PMID: 33028959, PMCID: PMC7540430, DOI: 10.1038/s41584-020-00524-8.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry
Liew J, Gianfrancesco M, Harrison C, Izadi Z, Rush S, Lawson-Tovey S, Jacobsohn L, Ja C, Hyrich K, Gossec L, Strangfeld A, Carmona L, Schäfer M, Frãzao-Mateus E, Bulina I, Stafford F, Tufan A, Graver C, Yardımcı G, Zepa J, Al Emadi S, Cook C, Abutiban F, Dey D, Katigbak G, Kaufman L, Kowalski E, Martínez-Martínez M, Patel N, Reyes-Cordero G, Salido E, Smith E, Snow D, Sparks J, Wise L, Bhana S, Gore-Massy M, Grainger R, Hausmann J, Sirotich E, Sufka P, Wallace Z, Machado P, Robinson P, Yazdany J. SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections among vaccinated individuals with rheumatic disease: results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance provider registry. RMD Open 2022, 8: e002187. PMID: 35387864, PMCID: PMC8987210, DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-002187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-cell depleting therapyBreakthrough infectionsRheumatic diseasesSARS-CoV-2Clinical characteristicsSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infectionsPre-existing lung diseaseSARS-CoV-2 infectionBreakthrough COVID-19Cell-depleting therapyTwo-dose seriesTime of vaccinationSecond vaccine doseHigh-risk populationMessenger RNA vaccinesCOVID-19 symptomsSingle-dose vaccineCOVID-19Vaccination seriesSystemic glucocorticoidsVaccine doseVaccine effectivenessSecond doseVaccinated individualsLung disease