Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Observational Study
. 2024 Aug;52(4):1639-1642.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02230-z. Epub 2024 Mar 13.

No increased rates of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in Altötting, a Bavarian district with a history of environmental PFOA contamination-results from a retrospective observational study

Andreas Beyerlein  1   2 , Stefanie Heinze  3   4 , Caroline Quartucci  3   4 , Katharina Katz  3
Affiliations
Observational Study

No increased rates of COVID-19 breakthrough infections in Altötting, a Bavarian district with a history of environmental PFOA contamination-results from a retrospective observational study

Andreas Beyerlein et al. Infection. 2024 Aug.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

The authors declare that no conflicts of interest exist.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Cumulative rates of full COVID-19 immunization in the district Altötting and neighboring districts compared to the remaining parts of Bavaria (upper panel, based on data from the Robert-Koch-Institute), daily 7-day incidences of COVID-19 in the district of Altötting and whole Bavaria (middle panel), and monthly rates of breakthrough infections among all recorded COVID-19 cases with known immunization status in the district of Altötting and the rest of Bavaria (lower panel)
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Garvey GJ, Anderson JK, Goodrum PE, Tyndall KH, Cox LA, Khatami M, et al. Weight of evidence evaluation for chemical-induced immunotoxicity for PFOA and PFOS: findings from an independent panel of experts. Crit Rev Toxicol. 2023;53:34–51. 10.1080/10408444.2023.2194913. 10.1080/10408444.2023.2194913 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Porter AK, Kleinschmidt SE, Andres KL, Reusch CN, Krisko RM, Taiwo OA, et al. Antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines among workers with a wide range of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Environ Int. 2022;169: 107537. 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107537. 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107537 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Hollister J, Caban-Martinez AJ, Ellingson KD, Beitel S, Fowlkes AL, Lutrick K, et al. Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations and longitudinal change in post-infection and post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Environ Res. 2023;239: 117297. 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117297. 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117297 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit. Human-Biomonitoring-Folgeuntersuchung zur Belastung der Bevölkerung im Landkreis Altötting mit Perfluoroctansäure (PFOA) nach Ablauf einer Halbwertszeit. Zwischenbericht. 2023.
    1. Weigert M, Beyerlein A, Katz K, Schulte R, Hartl W, Küchenhoff H. Vaccine-induced or hybrid immunity and COVID-19-associated mortality during the omicron wave. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2023;120:213–20. 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0051. 10.3238/arztebl.m2023.0051 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources