Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated?
More than 7 billion vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 have now been administered.1 Clinical trials and national epidemiological studies have shown that a variety of vaccines are effective in reducing cases, hospital admissions and deaths from COVID-19 in the months after vaccination. However, despite...
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description | More than 7 billion vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 have now been administered.1 Clinical trials and national epidemiological studies have shown that a variety of vaccines are effective in reducing cases, hospital admissions and deaths from COVID-19 in the months after vaccination. However, despite effective vaccine campaigns in many countries, small but increasing numbers of breakthrough infections are being reported in fully vaccinated people.
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spelling | oxford-uuid:6a296fbf-2bfe-4d67-9bd4-daafc33b984f2022-12-06T09:18:22ZWhy do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:6a296fbf-2bfe-4d67-9bd4-daafc33b984fEnglishSymplectic ElementsOxford University Press2021Maclean, PMentzer, AJLambe, TKnight, JMore than 7 billion vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 have now been administered.1 Clinical trials and national epidemiological studies have shown that a variety of vaccines are effective in reducing cases, hospital admissions and deaths from COVID-19 in the months after vaccination. However, despite effective vaccine campaigns in many countries, small but increasing numbers of breakthrough infections are being reported in fully vaccinated people. |
spellingShingle | Maclean, P Mentzer, AJ Lambe, T Knight, J Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title | Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title_full | Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title_fullStr | Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title_full_unstemmed | Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title_short | Why do breakthrough COVID-19 infections occur in the vaccinated? |
title_sort | why do breakthrough covid 19 infections occur in the vaccinated |
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