Efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.351 Variant

A double-blind randomized trial in South Africa documented poor efficacy of two doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2 that emerged in South Africa. Infections occurred in 3.2% of placebo recipients and in 2.5% of vaccine recipients. Thirty-nine of the 42 viru...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-05, Vol.384 (20), p.1885-1898
Hauptverfasser: Madhi, Shabir A, Baillie, Vicky, Cutland, Clare L, Voysey, Merryn, Koen, Anthonet L, Fairlie, Lee, Padayachee, Sherman D, Dheda, Keertan, Barnabas, Shaun L, Bhorat, Qasim E, Briner, Carmen, Kwatra, Gaurav, Ahmed, Khatija, Aley, Parvinder, Bhikha, Sutika, Bhiman, Jinal N, Bhorat, As’ad E, du Plessis, Jeanine, Esmail, Aliasgar, Groenewald, Marisa, Horne, Elizea, Hwa, Shi-Hsia, Jose, Aylin, Lambe, Teresa, Laubscher, Matt, Malahleha, Mookho, Masenya, Masebole, Masilela, Mduduzi, McKenzie, Shakeel, Molapo, Kgaogelo, Moultrie, Andrew, Oelofse, Suzette, Patel, Faeezah, Pillay, Sureshnee, Rhead, Sarah, Rodel, Hylton, Rossouw, Lindie, Taoushanis, Carol, Tegally, Houriiyah, Thombrayil, Asha, van Eck, Samuel, Wibmer, Constantinos K, Durham, Nicholas M, Kelly, Elizabeth J, Villafana, Tonya L, Gilbert, Sarah, Pollard, Andrew J, de Oliveira, Tulio, Moore, Penny L, Sigal, Alex, Izu, Alane
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Zusammenfassung:A double-blind randomized trial in South Africa documented poor efficacy of two doses of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against the B.1.351 variant of SARS-CoV-2 that emerged in South Africa. Infections occurred in 3.2% of placebo recipients and in 2.5% of vaccine recipients. Thirty-nine of the 42 virus isolates were the B.1.351 variant. None of the cases led to hospitalization or death.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2102214