Most accepted definitions of reactive arthritis (ReA) consider it a type of spondyloarthritis
(SpA) precipitated by a gut or urogenital infection. A wider definition considers any arthritis …

Objectives Vaccination against COVID-19 emerges as an effective strategy for combating
the pandemic. While many of our patients with rheumatic diseases (RD) wonder whether it is …

Survey studies have become instrumental in contributing to the evidence accumulation in
rapidly developing medical disciplines such as medical education, public health, and …

Patients with a systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) are vulnerable to SARS Cov-
2 infection. Vaccination against this infection can prevent the patients from developing …

Data regarding COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and adverse events (AE) in patients with
autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) have been published recently …

Abstract The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to be a cause of
unprecedented global morbidity and mortality. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination has emerged as …

Abstract Introduction/Aims In this study we investigated COVID‐19 vaccination–related
adverse events (ADEs) 7 days postvaccination in patients with idiopathic inflammatory …

Vaccine hesitancy is considered a major barrier to achieving herd immunity against COVID-
19. While multiple alternative and synergistic approaches including heterologous …

Objectives COVID-19 vaccines have been proven to be safe in the healthy population.
However, gaps remain in the evidence of their safety in patients with systemic autoimmune …

Abstract An Ethics Committee (EC) is an independent body composed of members with
expertise in both scientific and nonscientific arenas which functions to ensure the protection …