Comparison of COVID-19 Vaccination and Infection Rates in Adult Patients With Autoimmune Inflammatory Disease on b/tsDMARD Therapy

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autoimmune disease disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs COVID-19 vaccines COVID-19 testing SARS-CoV-2

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