Estimation of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalisation in individuals aged ≥ 65 years using electronic health registries; a pilot study in four EU/EEA countries, October 2021 to March 2022

Autor: Sentís, Alexis, Kislaya, Irina, Nicolay, Nathalie, Meijerink, Hinta, Starrfelt, Jostein, Martínez-Baz, Iván, Castilla, Jesús, Nielsen, Katrine Finderup, Hansen, Christian Holm, Emborg, Hanne-Dorthe, Nardone, Anthony, Derrough, Tarik, Valenciano, Marta, Nunes, Baltazar, Monge, Susana, VEBIS-Lot4 working group, Larrauri, Amparo, Mazagatos, Clara
Přispěvatelé: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin. 27(30)
ISSN: 1560-7917
Popis: By employing a common protocol and data from electronic health registries in Denmark, Navarre (Spain), Norway and Portugal, we estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalisation due to COVID-19 in individuals aged ≥ 65 years old, without previous documented infection, between October 2021 and March 2022. VE was higher in 65-79-year-olds compared with ≥ 80-year-olds and in those who received a booster compared with those who were primary vaccinated. VE remained high (ca 80%) between ≥ 12 and
Databáze: OpenAIRE