Elapsed time since BNT162b2 vaccine and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection : test negative design study

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether time elapsed since the second injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine was significantly associated with the risk of covid-19 infection after vaccination in people who received two vaccine injections.

DESIGN: Test negative design study.

SETTING: Electronic health records of a large state mandated healthcare organisation, Israel.

PARTICIPANTS: Adults aged ≥18 years who had received a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test between 15 May 2021 and 17 September 2021, at least three weeks after their second vaccine injection, had not received a third vaccine injection, and had no history of covid-19 infection.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Positive result for the RT-PCR test. Individuals who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and controls were matched for week of testing, age category, and demographic group (ultra-orthodox Jews, individuals of Arab ancestry, and the general population). Conditional logistic regression was adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, and comorbid conditions.

RESULTS: 83 057 adults received an RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 during the study period and 9.6% had a positive result. Time elapsed since the vaccine injection was significantly longer in individuals who tested positive (P<0.001). Adjusted odds ratio for infection at time intervals >90 days since vaccination were significantly increased compared with the reference of <90 days: 2.37 (95% confidence interval 1.67 to 3.36) for 90-119 days, 2.66 (1.94 to 3.66) for 120-149 days, 2.82 (2.07 to 3.84) for 150-179 days, and 2.82 (2.07 to 3.85) for ≥180 days (P<0.001 for each 30 day interval).

CONCLUSIONS: In this large population of adults tested for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR after two doses of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine, a gradual increase in the risk of infection was seen for individuals who received their second vaccine dose after at least 90 days.

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UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2021 Aug 05;:. - PMID 34401882

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:375

Enthalten in:

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 375(2021) vom: 24. Nov., Seite e067873

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Israel, Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Merzon, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Schäffer, Alejandro A [VerfasserIn]
Shenhar, Yotam [VerfasserIn]
Green, Ilan [VerfasserIn]
Golan-Cohen, Avivit [VerfasserIn]
Ruppin, Eytan [VerfasserIn]
Magen, Eli [VerfasserIn]
Vinker, Shlomo [VerfasserIn]

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BNT162 Vaccine
Journal Article
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Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

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Date Completed 03.12.2021

Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2021 Aug 05;:. - PMID 34401882

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmj-2021-067873

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NLM333564731