Covid vaccine reduces organ transplant patients infection risk by 80%
August 06, 2021 17:30 ISTFor the study, published in the journal Transplant Infectious Disease, the team examined clinical data encompassing 2,151 solid organ transplant recipients, including kidney, liver, lung and heart. Of this total number, 912 patients were fully vaccinated and 1,239 were controls (1,151 were unvaccinated and 88 partially vaccinated). Nearly 70 per cent of the vaccinated patients received the mRNA-1273 vaccine (Moderna).
