1. Lower probability and shorter duration of infections after COVID-19 vaccine correlate with anti-SARS-CoV-2 circulating IgGs.
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Ronchini, Chiara, Gandini, Sara, Pasqualato, Sebastiano, Mazzarella, Luca, Facciotti, Federica, Mapelli, Marina, Frige', Gianmaria, Passerini, Rita, Pase, Luca, Capizzi, Silvio, Mastrilli, Fabrizio, Orecchia, Roberto, Natoli, Gioacchino, and Pelicci, Pier Giuseppe
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COVID-19 vaccines ,REINFECTION ,IMMUNE response ,PROBABILITY theory - Abstract
The correlation between immune responses and protection from SARS-CoV-2 infections and its duration remains unclear. We performed a sanitary surveillance at the European Institute of Oncology (IEO) in Milan over a 17 months period. Pre-vaccination, in 1,493 participants, we scored 266 infections (17.8%) and 8 possible reinfections (3%). Post-vaccination, we identified 30 infections in 2,029 vaccinated individuals (1.5%). We report that the probability of infection post-vaccination is i) significantly lower compared to natural infection, ii) associated with a significantly shorter median duration of infection than that of first infection and reinfection, iii) anticorrelated with circulating antibody levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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