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COVID-19 in vaccinated versus unvaccinated hematologic malignancy patients

Catherine DeVoe

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Catherine DeVoe

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Catherine DeVoe and Monica Fung, Division of Infectious Diseases, 513 Parnassus Ave Room S-380, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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Shraddha Pandey

Shraddha Pandey

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Dayana Shariff

Dayana Shariff

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Shagun Arora

Shagun Arora

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Timothy J. Henrich

Timothy J. Henrich

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Deborah S. Yokoe

Deborah S. Yokoe

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Charles R. Langelier

Charles R. Langelier

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, California, USA

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Venice Servellita

Venice Servellita

Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Charles Chiu

Charles Chiu

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Steve Miller

Steve Miller

Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Jennifer M. Babik

Jennifer M. Babik

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Peter Chin-Hong

Peter Chin-Hong

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Monica Fung

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Monica Fung

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

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Catherine DeVoe and Monica Fung, Division of Infectious Diseases, 513 Parnassus Ave Room S-380, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

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First published: 15 April 2022
Citations: 4

Abstract

The effect of vaccination on severity of subsequent COVID-19 in patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs) is unknown. In this single-center retrospective cohort study, we found no difference in severity of COVID-19 disease in vaccinated (n = 16) versus unvaccinated (n = 54) HM patients using an adjusted multiple logistic regression model. Recent anti-B-cell therapy was associated with more severe illness.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

CYC is the director of the UCSF-Abbott Viral Diagnostics and Discovery Center and receives research support from Abbott Laboratories, Inc. The other authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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