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. 2022 Jul;22(7):931-933.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00309-7. Epub 2022 May 24.

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the omicron (BA.2) variant in England

Freja C M Kirsebom  1 , Nick Andrews  2 , Julia Stowe  1 , Samuel Toffa  1 , Ruchira Sachdeva  1 , Eileen Gallagher  1 , Natalie Groves  1 , Anne-Marie O'Connell  1 , Meera Chand  3 , Mary Ramsay  2 , Jamie Lopez Bernal  4
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COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the omicron (BA.2) variant in England

Freja C M Kirsebom et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Jul.
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Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease (A) and hospitalisation (B) following infection with the omicron sub-lineages BA.1 and BA.2 in adults aged 18 years and older in England
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