Vaccine-Preventable Infections Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Vaccine responses are decreased in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, and given the complexity of implementation, vaccination programs may be suboptimal. The actual burden of vaccine-preventable infections (VPIs) among SOT recipients remains unclear.

Objectives

To assess the incidence rate of VPIs among SOT recipients and to evaluate whether SOT recipients are at increased risk for specific VPIs compared with the general population.

Design, setting, and participants

This nationwide cohort study used data from the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study on VPIs in individuals who underwent SOT from May 2008 to June 2019 (follow-up until December 2019) and data from the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health on notifiable VPIs in the general population in the same

SUBMITTER: Walti LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148200 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature