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Comment
. 2022 Apr;22(4):1275-1276.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.16829. Epub 2021 Sep 7.

Protecting kidney transplant recipients against SARS-CoV-2 infection: A third dose of vaccine is necessary now

Florentino Villanego  1 , Juan Manuel Cazorla  1 , Luis Alberto Vigara  1 , Teresa Garcia  1 , Teresa Trujillo  2 , Natalia Montiel  2 , Manuel Rodriquez-Iglesias  2 , Auxiliadora Mazuecos  1
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Protecting kidney transplant recipients against SARS-CoV-2 infection: A third dose of vaccine is necessary now

Florentino Villanego et al. Am J Transplant. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: basic (laboratory) research/science; clinical research/practice; infectious disease; kidney transplantation/nephrology; patient safety; patient survival; vaccine.

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