COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants - surveillance results from southern Sweden, December 2021 to March 2022.
Jonas Björk, Carl Bonander, Mahnaz Moghaddassi, Magnus Rasmussen, Ulf Malmqvist, Malin Inghammar, Fredrik Kahn
{"title":"COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe disease from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 subvariants - surveillance results from southern Sweden, December 2021 to March 2022.","authors":"Jonas Björk, Carl Bonander, Mahnaz Moghaddassi, Magnus Rasmussen, Ulf Malmqvist, Malin Inghammar, Fredrik Kahn","doi":"10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.18.2200322","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We compared vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 between December 2021 and March 2022 when Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 were the dominating SARS-CoV-2 variants in Scania county, Sweden. Effectiveness remained above 80% after the transition from BA.1 to BA.2 among people with at least three vaccine doses but the point estimate decreased markedly to 54% among those with only two doses. Protection from prior infection was also lower after the transition to BA.2. Booster vaccination seems necessary to maintain sufficient protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":46737,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9074397/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.18.2200322","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
We compared vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 between December 2021 and March 2022 when Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 were the dominating SARS-CoV-2 variants in Scania county, Sweden. Effectiveness remained above 80% after the transition from BA.1 to BA.2 among people with at least three vaccine doses but the point estimate decreased markedly to 54% among those with only two doses. Protection from prior infection was also lower after the transition to BA.2. Booster vaccination seems necessary to maintain sufficient protection.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Administration is an applied, internationally oriented hospitality and tourism management journal designed to help practitioners and researchers stay abreast of the latest developments in the field as well as facilitate the exchange of ideas. The journal addresses critical competency areas that will help practitioners be successful in this growing field now and into the future. An exciting and challenging international forum, the journal reflects current happenings and trends in the industry.