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SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections with the alpha variant are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic among health care workers

Authors :
Francesca Rovida
Irene Cassaniti
Stefania Paolucci
Elena Percivalle
Antonella Sarasini
Antonio Piralla
Federica Giardina
Josè Camilla Sammartino
Alessandro Ferrari
Federica Bergami
Alba Muzzi
Viola Novelli
Alessandro Meloni
Sara Cutti
Anna Maria Grugnetti
Giuseppina Grugnetti
Claudia Rona
Marinella Daglio
Carlo Marena
Antonio Triarico
Daniele Lilleri
Fausto Baldanti
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Several COVID-19 vaccines have shown good efficacy in clinical trials. Here, the authors provide real world effectiveness data in a group of BNT162b2 vaccinated health care workers and find that breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or mild.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.444beb6cf5b345f39882d9749cfa50b0
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26154-6