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. 2022 Dec;22(12):1663-1665.
doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00692-2. Epub 2022 Oct 25.

BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.4 and BA.5

Sara Y Tartof  1 , Jeff M Slezak  2 , Laura Puzniak  3 , Vennis Hong  2 , Timothy B Frankland  4 , Bradley K Ackerson  5 , Harpreet Takhar  2 , Oluwaseye A Ogun  2 , Sarah Simmons  2 , Joann M Zamparo  3 , Luis Jodar  3 , John M McLaughlin  3
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BNT162b2 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.4 and BA.5

Sara Y Tartof et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Dec.

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Conflict of interest statement

LJ, LP, JMZ, and JMM are employees of and hold stock or stock options in Pfizer. SYT, TBF, JMS, VH, HT, OAO, SS, and BKA received research support from Pfizer during the conduct of this study that was paid directly to Kaiser Permanente Southern California. BKA has received research support for work unrelated to this study provided by Moderna, Dynavax, GSK, Novovax, and Genentech. JMS has received research support from ALK, Dynavax, and Novavax for work unrelated to this study. HT has received research support from GSK, Moderna, ALK, and Wellcome Trust for work unrelated to this study. TBF has previously owned stock in Pfizer. SYT received research support from Genentech and GSK for work unrelated to this study.

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