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mRNA Vaccine-Elicited Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-Specific T Cells Persist at 6 Months and Recognize the Delta Variant

ARTICLE: mRNA Vaccine-Elicited Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-Specific T Cells Persist at 6 Months and Recognize the Delta Variant

AUTHORS: Bezawit A Woldemeskel, Caroline C Garliss, Joel N Blankson

JOURNAL: Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e898-e901. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab915.

Abstract

Little is known about the decay kinetics of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine-elicited severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2-specific T cells. In this study we show a modest decline in the frequency of these T cells at 6 months and demonstrate robust expansion in response to antigen and recognition of spike peptides from the Delta variant.

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