An outbreak of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections among hospital personnel with high mRNA vaccine uptake
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- Article
- Authors
- Tene, Yael; Levytskyi, Katia; Adler, Amos; Halutz, Ora; Paran, Yael; Goldshmidt, Hanoch; Itzhaki-Alfia, Ayelet; Halperin, Tamar; Stepansky, Sarit; Ben-Ami, Ronen; Henig, Oryan
- Source
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology; January 2023, Vol. 44 Issue: 1 p114-117, 4p
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- ISSN
- 0899823X; 15596834
AbstractReal-world studies have demonstrated impressive effectiveness of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in preventing symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. We describe an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infections in a hospital with high vaccine uptake. We found a low secondary attack rate (7%), suggesting low infectivity of vaccinated persons with vaccine breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infections.