COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and variants in Nepal: study protocol for a test-negative case–control study with SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequencing

Introduction Inactivated, viral vector and mRNA vaccines have been used in the Nepali COVID-19 vaccination programme but there is little evidence on the effectiveness of these vaccines in this setting. The aim of this study is to describe COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Nepal and provide informati...

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Main Authors: Andrew J Pollard, Grace Li, Sarah Kelly, Merryn Voysey, Sanjeev M Bijukchhe, Peter J O'Reilly, Katherine Theiss-Nyland, Meeru Gurung, Bhishma Pokhrel, Samita Acharya, Shreekrishna Maharjan, Ashis Shrestha, Bimal Pandey, Mipsang Lama, Ira Shrestha, Agnes Eordogh, Sonu Shrestha, Elaine Shuo Feng, Ganesh Shah, Shrijana Shrestha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-04-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/4/e068334.full