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Comment
. 2021 Nov-Dec:44:102195.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102195. Epub 2021 Oct 30.

Effect of a nationwide booster vaccine rollout in Israel on SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe illness in young adults

David Bomze  1 , Eli Sprecher  2 , Ronni Gamzu  2
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Effect of a nationwide booster vaccine rollout in Israel on SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe illness in young adults

David Bomze et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Nov-Dec.
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The authors report no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1
Daily incidence of COVID-19 infections or severe illness in the Israeli population following a nationwide booster vaccine program during September 2021. Individuals who received 3 doses of the vaccine at least 7 days earlier, 1–2 doses of the vaccine at least 6 months earlier, or were not vaccinated are represented by green, red, and blue lines, respectively. Upper graphs denote individuals 60 years and younger; lower graphs denote individuals older than 60 years. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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  • Protection of BNT162b2 Vaccine Booster against Covid-19 in Israel.
    Bar-On YM, Goldberg Y, Mandel M, Bodenheimer O, Freedman L, Kalkstein N, Mizrahi B, Alroy-Preis S, Ash N, Milo R, Huppert A. Bar-On YM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 7;385(15):1393-1400. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2114255. Epub 2021 Sep 15. N Engl J Med. 2021. PMID: 34525275 Free PMC article.

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