Effect of Vaccination on Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in England

In this study involving household contacts of persons with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19, the risk of household transmission was 40 to 50% lower among household contacts of index patients who had received one dose of vaccine 21 days or more before testing positive than among contacts of unvaccinated...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2021-08, Vol.385 (8), p.759-760
Hauptverfasser:	Harris, Ross J, Hall, Jennifer A, Zaidi, Asad, Andrews, Nick J, Dunbar, J. Kevin, Dabrera, Gavin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coronavirus Coronaviruses Correspondence COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccines Disease transmission Households Immunization Infections Infectious Disease Patients Public health Regulation Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Vaccination Vaccines
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Zusammenfassung:	In this study involving household contacts of persons with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19, the risk of household transmission was 40 to 50% lower among household contacts of index patients who had received one dose of vaccine 21 days or more before testing positive than among contacts of unvaccinated index patients.
ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMc2107717