Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and anti-Omicron IgG induced by BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease: An explanatory study in Japan

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, JapanDepartment of Immunopathology, World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University, Suita, JapanCenter for Infectious Diseases for Education and Research (CiDER), Osaka University, Suita, JapanIntegrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Osaka University, Suita, JapanJapan Agency for Medical Research and Development—Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (AMED–CREST), Osaka University, Osaka, JapanCenter for Advanced Modalities and DDS (CAMaD), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan