Concurrent vaccination of kidney transplant recipients and close household cohabitants against COVID-19

Griffith B Perkins; Matthew Tunbridge; Tania Salehi; Cheng Sheng Chai; Svjetlana Kireta; Julie Johnston; Daniella Penko; Jodie Nitschke; Arthur Eng Lip Yeow; Zahraa Al-Delfi; Christopher J Drogemuller; Pablo Garcia-Valtanen; Makutiro G Masavuli; Christopher M Hope; Julian Singer; Anupriya Aggarwal; Alberto Ospina Stella; Stuart G Turville; Plinio R Hurtado; Simon C Barry; Pravin Hissaria; Branka Grubor-Bauk; Steven J Chadban; P Toby Coates

doi:10.1016/j.kint.2022.02.015

Concurrent vaccination of kidney transplant recipients and close household cohabitants against COVID-19

Kidney Int. 2022 May;101(5):1077-1080. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2022.02.015. Epub 2022 Mar 16.

Authors

Griffith B Perkins¹, Matthew Tunbridge², Tania Salehi², Cheng Sheng Chai³, Svjetlana Kireta², Julie Johnston², Daniella Penko², Jodie Nitschke², Arthur Eng Lip Yeow⁴, Zahraa Al-Delfi⁴, Christopher J Drogemuller⁵, Pablo Garcia-Valtanen⁴, Makutiro G Masavuli⁴, Christopher M Hope⁶, Julian Singer⁷, Anupriya Aggarwal⁸, Alberto Ospina Stella⁸, Stuart G Turville⁸, Plinio R Hurtado², Simon C Barry⁶, Pravin Hissaria⁹, Branka Grubor-Bauk⁴, Steven J Chadban⁷, P Toby Coates¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Immunology, SA Pathology, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
² Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
³ Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁴ Viral Immunology Group, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research, Woodville, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁶ Molecular Immunology, Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Paediatric Medicine, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
⁷ Kidney Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Kidney Node, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁸ Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁹ Immunology, SA Pathology, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Department of Allergy and Immunology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
¹⁰ Central and Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Discipline of Medicine, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Electronic address: Toby.Coates@sa.gov.au.

No abstract available

Keywords: BNT162b2; COVID-19; ChAdOx1; SARS-CoV-2; close household contact; cohabitant; kidney transplant; ring vaccination.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
SARS-CoV-2
Transplant Recipients
Vaccination

Substances

Antibodies, Viral