Antibody responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants induced by four different SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in health care workers in the Netherlands: A prospective cohort …

MJ van Gils, A Lavell, K van der Straten… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Emerging and future SARS-CoV-2 variants may jeopardize the effectiveness of
vaccination campaigns. Therefore, it is important to know how the different vaccines perform …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in Malawi based on data from survey of communities and health workers in 5 high-burden districts, October 2020

JA Theu, AN Kabaghe, G Bello… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To determine early COVID-19 burden in Malawi, we conducted a multistage cluster survey in
5 districts. During October–December 2020, we recruited 5,010 community members …

Cross-reactive antibodies after SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination

M Grobben, K van der Straten, PJM Brouwer… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Current SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are losing efficacy against emerging variants and may not
protect against future novel coronavirus outbreaks, emphasizing the need for more broadly …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing to investigate transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the acute healthcare setting: a systematic review

D Hare, KM Dembicka, C Brennan, C Campbell… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been used widely to elucidate
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in acute healthcare settings, and to guide Infection, Prevention …

BCG Vaccination of health care workers does not reduce SARS-CoV-2 infections nor infection severity or duration: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

J Claus, T Ten Doesschate, C Gumbs… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination has been hypothesized to reduce
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, severity, and/or …

Viral sequencing to investigate sources of SARS-CoV-2 infection in US healthcare personnel

KM Braun, GK Moreno, A Buys… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Healthcare personnel (HCP) are at increased risk of infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We posit that current infection control …

Interventions to control nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study

TM Pham, H Tahir, JHHM van de Wijgert… - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Emergence of more transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variants requires more efficient
control measures to limit nosocomial transmission and maintain healthcare capacities …

Prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 following natural infection and vaccination in Irish hospital healthcare workers: changing epidemiology as the pandemic …

N Allen, M Brady, U Ni Riain, N Conlon… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background In October 2020 SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among hospital healthcare
workers (HCW) of two Irish hospitals was 15 and 4. 1%, respectively. We compare …

A single mRNA vaccine dose in COVID-19 patients boosts neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

MJ van Gils, HDG van Willigen, E Wynberg, AX Han… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
The urgent need for, but limited availability of, SARS-CoV-2 vaccines worldwide has led to
widespread consideration of dose-sparing strategies. Here, we evaluate the SARS-CoV-2 …

Transfer of IgG from Long COVID patients induces symptomology in mice

HJ Chen, B Appelman, H Willemen, A Bos, J Prado… - BioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
SARS-CoV-2 infections worldwide led to a surge in cases of Long COVID, a post-infectious
syndrome. It has been hypothesized that autoantibodies play a crucial role in the …