Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections during periods of delta and omicron predominance, South Africa

Affiliations

¹ HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa; University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Electronic address: ameena.goga@mrc.ac.za.
² Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa; School of Nursing and Public Health, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.
⁵ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
⁶ Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; King's Global Health Institute, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁸ Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁹ Right to Care, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁰ Office of the President and CEO, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.

Ameena Goga et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Jul 23;400(10348):269-271.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01190-4. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

¹ HIV and other Infectious Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa; University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Electronic address: ameena.goga@mrc.ac.za.
² Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa; School of Nursing and Public Health, Discipline of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
⁴ Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.
⁵ Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa.
⁶ Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; King's Global Health Institute, King's College London, London, UK.
⁷ School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁸ Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁹ Right to Care, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁰ Office of the President and CEO, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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