2024
Effectiveness of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines against severe COVID-19 among adults 40 years or older in Brazil: a population-based cohort study
Neto F, Hitchings M, Amin A, de França G, Lind M, Torres M, Tsuha D, de Oliveira R, Cummings D, Dean N, Andrews J, Ko A, Croda J, Ranzani O. Effectiveness of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines against severe COVID-19 among adults 40 years or older in Brazil: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2024, 34: 100755. PMID: 38737773, PMCID: PMC11087726, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSevere COVID-19Cohort ACohort B.Cohort BTwo-doseMRNA vaccinesPrimary outcomeBooster dose effectivenessCOVID-19 outcomesPopulation-based cohort studyDose of COVID-19 vaccinePopulation-based cohortPopulation-based cohort of individualsCOVID-19 vaccine dosesSevere COVID-19 outcomesFollow-upCohort studyMRNA-basedVaccine doseCohort of individualsVaccine effectivenessVaccine combinationsDoseLower hazardCohort
2022
Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Estimate the Contribution of Immune Evasion and Waning Immunity on Decreasing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
Lind M, Copin R, McCarthy S, Coppi A, Warner F, Ferguson D, Duckwall C, Borg R, Muenker M, Overton J, Hamon S, Zhou A, Cummings D, Ko A, Hamilton J, Schulz W, Hitchings M. Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Estimate the Contribution of Immune Evasion and Waning Immunity on Decreasing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 227: 663-674. PMID: 36408616, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessImmune evasionDelta infectionVE estimatesSecond doseTest-negative case-control studySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Whole-genome sequencingCOVID-19 vaccine effectivenessRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Syndrome coronavirus 2Case-control studyCoronavirus 2Calendar periodDelta variantInfectionDoseEvasionDaysLow effectivenessImmunityVariants