Effectiveness of a fourth dose of covid-19 mRNA vaccine against the omicron variant among long term care residents in Ontario, Canada: test negative design study

R Grewal, SA Kitchen, L Nguyen, SA Buchan… - Bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the marginal effectiveness of a fourth versus third dose and the
vaccine effectiveness of mRNA covid-19 vaccines BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 against any …

Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination in patients receiving dialysis

S Anand, ME Montez-Rath, J Han… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Data from hepatitis B1 and influenza vaccination2 studies indicate blunted and
foreshortened response to immunization in patients receiving dialysis, raising the worrisome …

Effectiveness of the WHO-authorized COVID-19 vaccines: a rapid review of global reports till 30 June 2021

CJ Cheng, CY Lu, YH Chang, Y Sun, HJ Chu, CY Lee… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Large clinical trials have proven the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine, and the number of
studies about the effectiveness rapidly grew in the first half of the year after mass vaccination …

[HTML][HTML] Protective immunity after natural infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)–Kentucky, USA, 2020

KB Spicer, C Glick, AM Cavanaugh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background As vaccine supply and access remain limited in many parts of the world,
understanding the duration of protection from reinfection after natural infection is important …

Roadmap for sex-responsive influenza and COVID-19 vaccine research in older adults

JR Shapiro, R Morgan, SX Leng, SL Klein - Frontiers in Aging, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sex differences in the immune system are dynamic throughout the lifespan and contribute to
heterogeneity in the risk of infectious diseases and the response to vaccination in older …

Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 variants in vaccinated Ontario long-term care home residents and workers

KT Abe, Q Hu, M Mozafarihash**, R Samson… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Prioritizing Ontario's long-term care home (LTCH) residents for vaccination against severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has drastically reduced their disease burden; …

Significant reduction in vaccine-induced antibody levels and neutralization activity among healthcare workers and nursing home residents 6 months following …

DH Canaday, OA Oyebanji, D Keresztesy… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Antibody decline occurred from 2 weeks to 6 months post-BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in
nursing home (NH) residents and healthcare workers. Antispike, receptor-binding domain …

Does a lack of vaccine side effects correlate with reduced BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine response among healthcare workers and nursing home residents?

OA Oyebanji, B Wilson, D Keresztesy, L Carias… - Aging clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background The BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has mitigated the
burden of COVID-19 among residents of long-term care facilities considerably, despite being …

The serological sciences network (SeroNet) for COVID-19: depth and breadth of serology assays and plans for assay harmonization

AB Karger, JD Brien, JM Christen, S Dhakal, TJ Kemp… - MSphere, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT In October 2020, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Serological Sciences
Network (SeroNet) was established to study the immune response to COVID-19, and “to …

Antibody responses after mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in residential older adults: implications for reopening

DA Nace, KE Kip, JW Mellors, OMP Palmer… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective COVID-19 disproportionately impacts residents in long-term care facilities. Our
objective was to quantify the presence and magnitude of antibody response in vaccinated …