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We have read the interesting research by Bonelli et al on the role of rituximab in vaccination for SARS-CoV-2. In the data on five patients, two had repopulated B cells and had antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 RBD after vaccination.1 In our experience, we evaluated a group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis who had received the last infusion of rituximab 6 months earlier (group A, four patients), a group of patients who had received the last dose of rituximab 9 months earlier (group B, five patients) and finally a group of patients who had received rituximab 12 months earlier (group C, five patients). All patients received two doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine 21 days apart. Patients underwent evaluation of the lymphocyte …
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