Confirmed cases of COVID-19 after vaccination against COVID in health personnel in Bogot á, Colombia

CONCLUSIONS: A recent epidemiological study involving 12,364 health workers with a mean age of 38 years quantifies the protection in six months from the vaccine. The presence of antibodies was associated with 83 % protection against active SARS-CoV-2 infection (PCR positivity during the study period), which confirms the existence of protective Immunity at levels comparable to those obtained by the approved vaccines; our study found effectiveness of 92.6 %. Higher than that found in this study, possibly explained by the characteristics of the individuals included.PMID:37661532 | DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.07.078

Source: Vaccine - September 4, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Alexandra Porras-Ram írez Rafael S ánchez-París Walter L ópez-Devia Zuly Moreno-Perilla Roberto Jurado-Zambrano Carlos Luna-Jaspe Caina Carlos Sefair Nicol ás Ramos Miguel Otero-Cadena Roc ío Lievano Source Type: research