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ArticleVaccines2022

Risk of Infection and Duration of Protection after the Booster Dose of the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine BNT162b2 among Healthcare Workers in a Large Teaching Hospital in Italy: Results of an Observational Study.

Domenico Pascucci, Adriano Grossi, Alberto Lontano, Eleonora Marziali, Mario Cesare Nurchis, Vincenzo Maria Grassi, Matteo Raponi, Giuseppe Vetrugno, Giovanni Capelli, Giovanna Elisa Calabrò and 4 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Domenico PascucciFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5804-2284
Adriano GrossiLocal Health Authority ASL Roma 1, 00193 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4418-3331
Alberto LontanoSection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9248-7386
Eleonora MarzialiSection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Mario Cesare NurchisFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9345-4292
Vincenzo Maria GrassiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7632-128X
Matteo RaponiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giuseppe VetrugnoFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Giovanni CapelliIstituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9065-2218
Giovanna Elisa CalabròSection of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0259-3797
Domenico StaitiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Maurizio SanguinettiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9780-7059
Gianfranco DamianiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3028-6188
Patrizia LaurentiFondazione Policlinico Universitario "A.Gemelli" IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8532-0593
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITASL Roma · ITUniversità degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of the first schedule of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines has decreased after the surge of the Delta variant, posing the need to administer a booster dose to enhance the neutralising immune response. This study aims at evaluating the duration of protection given by the booster dose of Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in healthcare workers (HCWs) of a large teaching hospital in Rome and to analyse the factors associated with post-booster vaccination infections. Data about vaccinations of HCWs with the BNT162b2 vaccine and nasal swabs positive for SARS-CoV-2 were extracted from the digital archives of the hospital from 27 September 2021 to 31 May 2022. In total, 5770 HCWs were observed. The cumulative risk of becoming infected by SARS-CoV-2 increased with time (2.5% at 4 weeks, 17% at 12 weeks and 40% at 24 weeks) and was significantly higher for females, younger classes of patients and for those who had developed a hybrid immunity (natural infection plus one dose, namely the primary schedule, added to the booster dose) compared to those who had completed the three doses. This study describes the duration and the determinants of the protection against infections after the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine, highlighting the need for continuous monitoring of vaccine-induced immunogenicity.

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boosterCOVID-19health personnelimmunitymRNA vaccineSARS-CoV-2vaccination

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PMID36679868
PMCPMC9863759
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