RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Point of view on the vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases
JF RMD Open
JO RMD Open
FD EULAR
SP e001594
DO 10.1136/rmdopen-2021-001594
VO 7
IS 1
A1 Victoria Furer
A1 Christien Rondaan
A1 Nancy Agmon-Levin
A1 Sander van Assen
A1 Marc Bijl
A1 Meliha Crnkic Kapetanovic
A1 Annette de Thurah
A1 Ulf Mueller-Ladner
A1 Daphna Paran
A1 Karen Schreiber
A1 Klaus Warnatz
A1 Nico M Wulffraat
A1 Ori Elkayam
YR 2021
UL http://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/7/1/e001594.abstract
AB In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an unmet clinical need for the guidelines on vaccination of patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD). This position paper summarises the current data on COVID-19 infection in patients with AIIRD and development of vaccines against COVID-19, discusses the aspects of efficacy and safety of vaccination, and proposes preliminary considerations on vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with AIIRD, mainly based on the expert opinion and knowledge on the use of other vaccines in this population of patients.