Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers

Abstract

To assess the effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine among health care workers and to examine possible correlates of protection and infectivity

Keywords

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)VirologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineDisease

MeSH Terms

AdultAsymptomatic DiseasesBNT162 VaccineCOVID-19COVID-19 Nucleic Acid TestingCOVID-19 VaccinesCase-Control StudiesFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansIsraelMaleMiddle AgedReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionTreatment Failure

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 385
Issue: 16
Pages: 1474-1484
Citations: 1451
Access: Closed

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                                    Moriah Bergwerk, 
                                
                                    Tal Gonen, 
                                
                                    Yaniv Lustig
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Covid-19 Breakthrough Infections in Vaccinated Health Care Workers. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 385
                            (16)
                            , 1474-1484.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2109072
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2109072
PMID: 34320281
PMCID: PMC8362591

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