Publications by authors named "Magdalena Schwarzmueller"

Objectives: To correlate immune responses following a two-dose regimen of mRNA anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to the development of a potent neutralising antiviral activity.

Methods: The RECOVER study was a prospective, monocentric study including patients with RA and healthy controls (HCs). Assessments were performed before, and 3, 6, 12 and 24 weeks, after the first vaccine dose, respectively, and included IgG, IgA and IgM responses (against receptor binding domain, S1, S2, N), IFN-γ ELISpots as well as neutralisation assays.

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Objectives: To determine the variation in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in school children and the relationship with self-reported symptoms.

Design: Baseline measurements of a longitudinal cohort study () from June to July 2020.

Setting: 55 schools stratified by district in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Objectives: To examine longitudinal changes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence and to determine the clustering of children who were seropositive within school classes in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland from June to November 2020.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Switzerland had one of the highest second waves of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Europe in autumn 2020.

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