Effectiveness of primary series, first, and second booster vaccination of monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections and severe diseases during the SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.5 epidemic in Japan : vaccine effectiveness real-time surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 (VERSUS)

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate VE of primary, first, and second booster ancestral-strain monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccination against symptomatic infections and severe diseases in Japan.

METHODS: We conducted a test-negative case-control study. We included medically attended episodes and hospitalizations involving individuals aged ≥16 with signs and symptoms from July to November 2022, when Omicron BA.5 was dominant nationwide. To evaluate VE, we calculated adjusted ORs of vaccination among test-positive versus test-negative individuals using a mixed-effects logistic regression.

RESULTS: For VE against symptomatic infections among individuals aged 16 to 59, VE of primary vaccination at > 180 days was 26.1% (95% CI: 10.6-38.8%); VE of the first booster was 58.5% (48.4-66.7%) at ≤90 days, decreasing to 41.1% (29.5-50.8%) at 91 to 180 days. For individuals aged ≥60, VE of the first booster was 42.8% (1.7-66.7%) at ≤90 days, dropping to 15.4% (-25.9-43.2%) at 91 to 180 days, and then increasing to 44.0% (16.4-62.5%) after the second booster. For VE against severe diseases, VE of the first and second booster was 77.3% (61.2-86.7%) at ≤90 days and 55.9% (23.4-74.6%) afterward.

CONCLUSION: mRNA booster vaccination provided moderate protection against symptomatic infections and high-level protection against severe diseases during the BA.5 epidemic in Japan.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Expert review of vaccines - 23(2024), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 213-225

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Maeda, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Nobuo [VerfasserIn]
Igarashi, Ataru [VerfasserIn]
Ishida, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Terada, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Masuda, Shingo [VerfasserIn]
Osawa, Ryosuke [VerfasserIn]
Hosokawa, Naoto [VerfasserIn]
Nakashima, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Kamura, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Imura, Haruki [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Hiroki [VerfasserIn]
Matsuzaka, Suguru [VerfasserIn]
Sugimoto, Yukihiro [VerfasserIn]
Kuwamitsu, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Motohashi, Iori [VerfasserIn]
Morikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Oda, Rentaro [VerfasserIn]
Hoshina, Yuiko [VerfasserIn]
Matono, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Teshigahara, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Sando, Eiichiro [VerfasserIn]
Asami, Sadaharu [VerfasserIn]
Kudo, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Akizuki, Noboru [VerfasserIn]
Muto, Yoshikazu [VerfasserIn]
Hayakawa, Tomoichiro [VerfasserIn]
Kishaba, Tomoo [VerfasserIn]
Ohara, Yasuji [VerfasserIn]
Kubo, Yoshinao [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Motoi [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Konosuke [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BA.5
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Japan
Journal Article
Monovalent
RNA, Messenger
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine effectiveness

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14760584.2024.2310807

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367793199