Protective effectiveness of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity against the omicron variant and severe disease: a systematic review and meta …

N Bobrovitz, H Ware, X Ma, Z Li, R Hosseini… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The global surge in the omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant has resulted in many
individuals with hybrid immunity (immunity developed through a combination of SARS-CoV …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 reinfections and long COVID in the post-omicron phase of the pandemic

F Boufidou, S Medić, V Lampropoulou… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
We are reviewing the current state of knowledge on the virological and immunological
correlates of long COVID, focusing on recent evidence for the possible association between …

Impact of COVID-19 on immunocompromised populations during the Omicron era: insights from the observational population-based INFORM study

RA Evans, S Dube, Y Lu, M Yates… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Immunocompromised individuals are not optimally protected by COVID-19
vaccines and potentially require additional preventive interventions to mitigate the risk of …

Prevalence of persistent SARS-CoV-2 in a large community surveillance study

M Ghafari, M Hall, T Golubchik, D Ayoubkhani, T House… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections may act as viral reservoirs that could seed future
outbreaks,,,–, give rise to highly divergent lineages,–and contribute to cases with post-acute …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of reinfection, vaccine protection, and severity of infection with the BA. 5 omicron subvariant: a nation-wide population-based study in Denmark

CH Hansen, NU Friis, P Bager, M Stegger… - The Lancet infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Estimates of immunity and severity for the SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariant BA.
5 are important to assess the public health impact associated with its rapid global spread …

Comparing frequency of booster vaccination to prevent severe COVID-19 by risk group in the United States

HJ Park, GS Gonsalves, ST Tan, JD Kelly… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
There is a public health need to understand how different frequencies of COVID-19 booster
vaccines may mitigate the risk of severe COVID-19, while accounting for waning of …

Genomic assessment of invasion dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1

JLH Tsui, JT McCrone, B Lambert, S Bajaj, RPD Inward… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs)
now arise in the context of heterogeneous human connectivity and population immunity …

Previous immunity shapes immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster vaccination and Omicron breakthrough infection risk

L Pérez-Alós, CB Hansen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The heterogeneity of the SARS-CoV-2 immune responses has become considerably more
complex over time and diverse immune imprinting is observed in vaccinated individuals …

SARS-CoV-2 hybrid immunity: the best of both worlds

N Lasrado, DH Barouch - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Three and a half years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the nature
and durability of protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Long COVID or post-COVID-19 condition: past, present and future research directions

C Fernández-de-Las-Peñas, AV Raveendran… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The presence of symptoms after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection (long-COVID) has become
a worldwide healthcare emergency but remains underestimated and undertreated due to a …