Tuesday, December 5, 2023
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Professor of Clinical Microbiology
Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor of Virology
Sorbonne Université
AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, France
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The goal of this activity is to educate clinicians about how the SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates, the efficacy of vaccines on current variants of concern (VOC), and how to interpret the data reporting on the surrogates of vaccine effectiveness: levels of neutralizing antibodies.
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WebMD Global requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Professor of Clinical Microbiology
Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology & Infectious Disease
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor of Virology
Sorbonne Université
AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, France
This activity has been peer reviewed and the reviewer has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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