Immune histories and natural infection protection during the omicron era
Immune history shapes protection against omicron reinfection, with pre-omicron-omicron immunity enhancing protection, while repeated similar exposures reduce protection against new variants.
Authors
- Laith Jamal Abu-Raddad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0790-0506)
- Gheyath K. Nasrallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-1038)
- Hadi Mohamad Yassine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7592-2788)
- Hiam S. Chemaitelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-6968)
- Einas Al‐Kuwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8849-2334)
- Abdullatif Al‐Khal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3737-8253)
- Roberto Bertollini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-9344)
- Niklas Bobrovitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7883-4484)
- Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9844-5854)
- Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-4750)
- Adeel A. Butt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-1826)
- Ali Nizar Latif (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9011-4391)
- Hanan F. Abdul Rahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-5142)
- Houssein H. Ayoub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-6657)
- Andrew Jeremijenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0375-2713)
- Patrick Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1583-5484)
- Peter Coyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0819-6103)
- Zaina Al-Kanaani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6002-4310)
- Mohammad R. Hasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2641-5741)
- Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari
- Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi
- Mohamed H. Al-Thani
- Asmaa A. Al Thani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-3712)
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Cornell University (US)
- Ministry of Public Health (QA)
- Primary Health Care (QA)
- Hamad bin Khalifa University (QA)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Qatar University (QA)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00974-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- L'Oreal USA
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Sidra Medicine
- Qatar University
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar