期刊
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
卷 164, 期 2, 页码 305-307出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0194599820982633
关键词
COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; vaccination; infection; aerosol; respiratory droplet
Current COVID-19 vaccine candidates, administered by injection to produce an IgG response, may not fully prevent viral shedding in the nasal cavity, potentially allowing transmission. Otolaryngology providers should continue taking precautions to protect vulnerable patients until further knowledge on mucosal immunity post-systemic vaccination is acquired.
Current COVID-19 vaccine candidates are administered by injection and designed to produce an IgG response, preventing viremia and the COVID-19 syndrome. However, systemic respiratory vaccines generally provide limited protection against viral replication and shedding within the airway, as this requires a local mucosal secretory IgA response. Indeed, preclinical studies of adenovirus and mRNA candidate vaccines demonstrated persistent virus in nasal swabs despite preventing COVID-19. This suggests that systemically vaccinated patients, while asymptomatic, may still be become infected and transmit live virus from the upper airway. COVID-19 is known to spread through respiratory droplets and aerosols. Furthermore, significant evidence has shown that many clinic and surgical endonasal procedures are aerosol generating. Until further knowledge is acquired regarding mucosal immunity following systemic vaccination, otolaryngology providers should maintain precautions against viral transmission to protect the proportion of persistently vulnerable patients who exhibit subtotal vaccine efficacy or waning immunity or who defer vaccination.
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