Heterologous COVID-19 Vaccination; Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22317/imj.v5i4.1146Keywords:
COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Mixing Vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinopaharm, Heterologous VaccinationAbstract
This short communication and highlights is the first one talking about receiving two different Anti-COVID-19 vaccines in full doses. In a small group of almost medical personals in Duhok city, Kurdistan region of Iraq, for the first time in the world 15 doctors who were vaccinated with two doses of Sinopharm at early March were revaccinated with two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech after approximately 5-6 months. They were developed a good immune response without serious side effects so far. This will direct us toward potential safety protocol of mixing full doses of different vaccines at least in the short term. No serious side effects in the short term had been registered in this new combination. Such policy might open ways for further larger studies for taking different Anti-COVID-19 vaccines in full doses.
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17. Mohammad, Ameen M. MD The pandemic of coronavirus: misconceptions from the land of Mesopotamia, International Journal of Surgery: Global Health: May 2021 - Volume 4 - Issue 3 - p e52. doi: 10.1097/GH9.0000000000000052
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Mohammad AM, Sgery ASH. Heterologous COVID-19 Vaccination; Sinopharm and Pfizer-BioNTech. Iraq Med J [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 26 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];5(4). Available from: https://iraqmedj.org/index.php/imj/article/view/1146
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