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. 2023 Jan;44(1):114-117.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.412. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

An outbreak of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among hospital personnel with high mRNA vaccine uptake

Yael Tene  1 , Katia Levytskyi  2 , Amos Adler  2   3 , Ora Halutz  2 , Yael Paran  1   3 , Hanoch Goldshmidt  4 , Ayelet Itzhaki-Alfia  5 , Tamar Halperin  6 , Sarit Stepansky  7 , Ronen Ben-Ami  1   3 , Oryan Henig  1   7
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An outbreak of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among hospital personnel with high mRNA vaccine uptake

Yael Tene et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan.

Abstract

Real-world studies have demonstrated impressive effectiveness of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in preventing symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. We describe an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a hospital with high vaccine uptake. We found a low secondary attack rate (7%), suggesting low infectivity of vaccinated persons with vaccine breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections.

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SARS_CoV-2 detection among healthcare personnel (HCP) over time.
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