Relative infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections, reinfections, and primary infections

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals and reinfections in those with prior infection are a public health concern. Here, the authors show that viral loads of vaccine breakthrough infections and reinfections are generally lower than primary infections of unvaccinated individuals...

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Main Authors: Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Hiam Chemaitelly, Houssein H. Ayoub, Patrick Tang, Peter Coyle, Mohammad R. Hasan, Hadi M. Yassine, Fatiha M. Benslimane, Hebah A. Al-Khatib, Zaina Al-Kanaani, Einas Al-Kuwari, Andrew Jeremijenko, Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal, Ali Nizar Latif, Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik, Hanan F. Abdul-Rahim, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, Adeel A. Butt, Hamad Eid Al-Romaihi, Abdullatif Al-Khal, Mohametabd H. Al-Thani, Roberto Bertollini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28199-7