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Association Between the Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Unimmunized Adults and Vaccine-Derived Protection Against Colonization in Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children
Weinberger DM, Pitzer VE, Regev-Yochay G, Givon-Lavi N, Dagan R. Association Between the Decline in Pneumococcal Disease in Unimmunized Adults and Vaccine-Derived Protection Against Colonization in Toddlers and Preschool-Aged Children. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2018, 188: 160-168. PMID: 30462150, PMCID: PMC6321804, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive pneumococcal diseaseUnimmunized adultsPneumococcal diseaseVaccine-associated immunityVaccine-derived protectionVaccine-targeted serotypesNationwide surveillance studyPrevalence of colonizationUnvaccinated adultsPneumococcal carriagePreschool aged childrenVaccine uptakeColonization prevalenceGroup of childrenVaccination coverageEmergency departmentSurveillance studyDisease ratesTrajectory of declineAge rangeAdultsAged childrenChildrenSerotypesVaccine
2022
Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Following Receipt of 3 vs 2 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
Patalon T, Gazit S, Pitzer VE, Prunas O, Warren JL, Weinberger DM. Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Following Receipt of 3 vs 2 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine. JAMA Internal Medicine 2022, 182: 179-184. PMID: 34846533, PMCID: PMC8634151, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.7382.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Maccabi Healthcare ServicesBooster doseBNT162b2 vaccineMRNA vaccinesPositive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testSARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction testPreliminary retrospective case–control studyRetrospective case-control studyPositive PCR test resultsBNT162b2 mRNA vaccineVaccine-derived protectionTest-negative designDuration of immunityCase-control studyPolymerase chain reaction testEstimated odds ratioHealthcare servicesCase-control analysisPCR test resultsPositive test resultsChain reaction testCase-control designTesting PositiveOdds ratio