Effectiveness of the adapted bivalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalisation in individuals aged ≥ 60 years during the Omicron XBB lineage-predominant period: VEBIS SARI VE network, Europe, February to August, 2023.

Antunes L, Mazagatos C, Martínez-Baz I, Gomez V, Borg M, Petrović G, Duffy R, Dufrasne FE, Dürrwald R, Lazar M, Jancoriene L, Oroszi B, Husa P, Howard J, Melo A, Pozo F, Pérez-Gimeno G, Castilla J, Machado A, Džiugytė A, Karabuva S, Fitzgerald M, Fierens S, Tolksdorf K, Popovici S, Mickienė A, Túri G, Součková L, Nicolay N, Rose AM, European Hospital Vaccine Effectiveness Group

Euro Surveill 29 (3) - [2024-01-00; online 2024-01-19]

We conducted a multicentre hospital-based test-negative case-control study to measure the effectiveness of adapted bivalent COVID-19 mRNA vaccines against PCR-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection during the Omicron XBB lineage-predominant period in patients aged ≥ 60 years with severe acute respiratory infection from five countries in Europe. Bivalent vaccines provided short-term additional protection compared with those vaccinated > 6 months before the campaign: from 80% (95% CI: 50 to 94) for 14-89 days post-vaccination, 15% (95% CI: -12 to 35) at 90-179 days, and lower to no effect thereafter.

Category: Vaccines

Type: Journal article

PubMed 38240061

DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.3.2300708

Crossref 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.3.2300708

pmc: PMC10797659


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