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Covid-19 antibody levels vary according to vaccine and past infection – study
Covid-19 antibody levels vary according to vaccine and past infection – study (Yui Mok/PA)
Two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine induces lower levels of antibodies against the variant first detected in India than against other strains, new research suggests.
The laboratory findings from the Francis Crick Institute and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) UCLH Biomedical Research Centre compared the results to their findings in relation to the Pfizer/BioNTech jab.
The data suggests that both vaccines induce lower levels of antibodies targeting the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant.
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The study analysed antibodies in the blood of 250 healthy people who received either one or two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, up to three months after their first dose.