TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines

Published: Sept. 6, 2024, 4 a.m.

TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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