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Sri J’pura Uni completes study on immune response following AZ 1st dose

26 Jun 2021

The University of Sri Jayewardenepura’s Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine has completed its study on how the immune response evolves following the first dose of the Covishield vaccine, the University said in a statement today (26). It was also mentioned that the Department is also conducting studies on immune responses to the Sinopharm and the Sputnik V vaccine.  “As the vaccination only started recently, these studies are not yet complete and are currently ongoing. When the studies are complete, we will release the data of these studies,” the Department said. Elaborating on the purpose of these studies, the department explained that the immune responses of these different vaccines in Sri Lankan individuals are being studied in order to understand the immune responses to different vaccines, the duration of immunity and the immune responses in comparison to natural infection. “Except for Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, all other COVID-19 vaccines are two dose vaccines and individuals are considered only fully immunized two weeks after receiving both doses of such vaccines. While some individuals may develop antibodies to the first dose of a vaccine, individuals are only fully protected and develop a robust antibody and T cell response after both doses of the vaccines,” the Department explained.


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