The roles of inactivated vaccines in older patients with infection of Delta variant in Nanjing, China

Autor: Xiao-Chun Song, Xue-Hui Zhou, Jing-Hui Cheng, Wen-Hao Zhang, Xiao Shen, Huan Xu, Shuai Nie, Ji-Lai Xiao, Fang Sun, Chang Shu, Jiu-Dong Chen, Yan Tang, Xiang Wang, Xin-Pei Sun, Jia-Kui Sun, Ping Feng, Qian-Kun Shi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Aging. 14(10)
ISSN: 1945-4589
Popis: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is spreading around the world. The COVID-19 vaccines may improve concerns about the pandemic. However, the roles of inactivated vaccines in older patients (aged ≥60 years) with infection of Delta variant were less studied.We classified the older patients with infection of Delta variant into three groups based on the vaccination status: no vaccination (group A,A total of 181 older patients with infection of Delta variant were enrolled. 111 (61.3%) patients had one or more co-morbidities. The days of "turn negative" and hospital stay in Group C were lower than those in the other groups (The inactivated COVID-19 vaccines were effective in improving the clinical severity of older patients with infection of Delta variant.
Databáze: OpenAIRE