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Afshar, Zeinab Mohseni

A5092117562 | I39642139

Mayo Clinic

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

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Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections after vaccination: A critical review

No container title available | January 31, 2024 | Volume: No volume available | Issue: No issue available | Pages: No page available

10.22541/au.170668473.38426771/v1

At the beginning of the current pandemic, it was believed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection would induce lifelong immunity and that reinfections would be unlikely. However, after several cases of reinfection were documented in previously infected patients, this was understood to be a false assumption, and this waning humoral immunity has raised significant concerns. Accordingly, long-term and durable vaccine-induced antibody protection against infection have also become a challenge, as several breakthroughs of COVID-19 infection have been identified in individuals who were fully vaccinated. This review discusses the current evidence on breakthrough COVID-19 infections occurring after vaccination.