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ArticleMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report2024

Durability of Original Monovalent mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Against COVID-19 Omicron-Associated Hospitalization in Children and Adolescents - United States, 2021-2023.

Laura D Zambrano, Margaret M Newhams, Regina M Simeone, Amanda B Payne, Michael Wu, Amber O Orzel-Lockwood, Natasha B Halasa, Jemima M Calixte, Pia S Pannaraj, Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai and 40 more

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Article in MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Global Systematic Scoping Review of Adolescent Factors Associated With COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

50 authors.

Laura D Zambrano
Margaret M Newhams
Regina M Simeone
Amanda B Payne
Michael Wu
Amber O Orzel-Lockwood
Natasha B Halasa
Jemima M Calixte
Pia S Pannaraj
Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai
Julie A Boom
Leila C Sahni
Satoshi Kamidani
Kathleen Chiotos
Melissa A Cameron
Aline B Maddux
Katherine Irby
Jennifer E Schuster
Elizabeth H Mack
Austin Biggs
Bria M Coates
Kelly N Michelson
Katherine E Bline
Ryan A Nofziger
Hillary Crandall
Charlotte V Hobbs
Shira J Gertz
Sabrina M Heidemann
Tamara T Bradford
Tracie C Walker
Stephanie P Schwartz
Mary Allen Staat
Samina S Bhumbra
Janet R Hume
Michele Kong
Melissa S Stockwell
Thomas J Connors
Melissa L Cullimore
Heidi R Flori
Emily R Levy
Natalie Z Cvijanovich
Matt S Zinter
Mia Maamari
Cindy Bowens
Danielle M Zerr
Judith A Guzman-Cottrill
Ivan Gonzalez
Angela P Campbell
Adrienne G Randolph
Overcoming COVID-19 Investigators

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pediatric COVID-19 vaccination is effective in preventing COVID-19-related hospitalization, but duration of protection of the original monovalent vaccine during SARS-CoV-2 Omicron predominance merits evaluation, particularly given low coverage with updated COVID-19 vaccines. During December 19, 2021-October 29, 2023, the Overcoming COVID-19 Network evaluated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of ≥2 original monovalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccine doses against COVID-19-related hospitalization and critical illness among U.S. children and adolescents aged 5-18 years, using a case-control design. Too few children and adolescents received bivalent or updated monovalent vaccines to separately evaluate their effectiveness. Most case-patients (persons with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result) were unvaccinated, despite the high frequency of reported underlying conditions associated with severe COVID-19. VE of the original monovalent vaccine against COVID-19-related hospitalizations was 52% (95% CI = 33%-66%) when the most recent dose was administered <120 days before hospitalization and 19% (95% CI = 2%-32%) if the interval was 120-364 days. VE of the original monovalent vaccine against COVID-19-related hospitalization was 31% (95% CI = 18%-43%) if the last dose was received any time within the previous year. VE against critical COVID-19-related illness, defined as receipt of noninvasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, vasoactive infusions, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and illness resulting in death, was 57% (95% CI = 21%-76%) when the most recent dose was received <120 days before hospitalization, 25% (95% CI = -9% to 49%) if it was received 120-364 days before hospitalization, and 38% (95% CI = 15%-55%) if the last dose was received any time within the previous year. VE was similar after excluding children and adolescents with documented immunocompromising conditions. Because of the low frequency of children who received updated COVID-19 vaccines and waning effectiveness of original monovalent doses, these data support CDC recommendations that all children and adolescents receive updated COVID-19 vaccines to protect against severe COVID-19.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAdolescentChildHospitalizationHumansmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2United StatesVaccine EfficacyCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesRNA, Messenger

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PMID38635481
PMCPMC11037436
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