Abstract
At the beginning of the current pandemic, it was believed that severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection would
induce lifelong immunity and that reinfections would be unlikely.
However, after several cases of reinfection were documented in
previously infected patients, this was understood to be a false
assumption, and this waning humoral immunity has raised significant
concerns. Accordingly, long-term and durable vaccine-induced antibody
protection against infection have also become a challenge, as several
breakthroughs of COVID-19 infection have been identified in individuals
who were fully vaccinated. This review discusses the current evidence on
breakthrough COVID-19 infections occurring after vaccination.