Effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections during the Delta variant epidemic in Japan: Vaccine Effectiveness Real-time Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 (VERSUS)

Abstract Background Although high vaccine effectiveness of messenger RNA (mRNA) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines was reported in studies in several countries, data is limited from Asian countries, especially against the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant.Methods We conducted a multicenter test-negative case-control study in patients aged ≥16 visiting hospitals or clinics with signs or symptoms consistent with COVID-19 from July 1 to September 30, 2021, when the Delta variant was dominant (≥90% of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 [SARS-CoV-2] infections) nationwide in Japan. Vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections was evaluated. Waning immunity among patients aged 16 to 64 was also assessed.Results We enrolled 1936 patients, including 396 test-positive cases and 1540 test-negative controls for SARS-CoV-2. The median age was 49 years, 53.4% were male, and 34.0% had underlying medical conditions. Full vaccination (receiving two doses ≥14 days before symptom onset) was received by 6.6% of cases and 38.8% of controls. Vaccine effectiveness of full vaccination against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections was 88.7% (95% confidence interval [CI], 78.8–93.9) among patients aged 16 to 64 and 90.3% (95% CI, 73.6–96.4) among patients aged ≥65. Among patients aged 16 to 64, vaccine effectiveness within one to three months after full vaccination was 91.8% (95% CI, 80.3–96.6), and was 86.4% (95% CI, 56.9–95.7) within four to six months.Conclusions mRNA COVID-19 vaccines had high effectiveness against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in Japan during July 1 to September 30, 2021, when the Delta variant was dominant nationwide..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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bioRxiv.org - (2022) vom: 25. Mai Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2022

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Englisch

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Maeda, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Saito, Nobuo [VerfasserIn]
Igarashi, Ataru [VerfasserIn]
Ishida, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Suami, Kazuya [VerfasserIn]
Yagiuchi, Ai [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Yuya [VerfasserIn]
Komino, Masaru [VerfasserIn]
Arai, Hiromi [VerfasserIn]
Morikawa, Toru [VerfasserIn]
Motohashi, Iori [VerfasserIn]
Miyazawa, Rei [VerfasserIn]
Moriyama, Tetsu [VerfasserIn]
Kamura, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Terada, Mayumi [VerfasserIn]
Kuwamitsu, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Hayakawa, Tomoichiro [VerfasserIn]
Sando, Eiichiro [VerfasserIn]
Ohara, Yasuji [VerfasserIn]
Teshigawara, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Motoi [VerfasserIn]
Morimoto, Konosuke [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2022.01.17.22269394

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XBI035051590