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. 2021 Dec;9(12):1356-1358.
doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00458-6. Epub 2021 Oct 21.

Waning immunity to SARS-CoV-2: implications for vaccine booster strategies

Daniel M Altmann  1 , Rosemary J Boyton  2
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Waning immunity to SARS-CoV-2: implications for vaccine booster strategies

Daniel M Altmann et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

DMA and RJB receive support from the UK Medical Research Council (MR/S019553/1, MR/R02622X/1, MR/V036939/1, and MR/W020610/1) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Imperial Biomedical Research Centre Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics; Cystic Fibrosis Trust Strategic Research Centre (2019SRC015); NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Fast Track (NIHR134607); NIHR Long Covid (COV-LT2-0027); Innovate UK (SBRI 10008614); and Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network European Training Network (no. 860325). Both authors are members of the Global T cell Expert Consortium and have consulted for Oxford Immunotec, outside of the submitted work.

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