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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2021 Nov 18;8(11)
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doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab526. eCollection 2021 Nov.
Lower Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viral Shedding Following Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers in Los Angeles, California
Paul C Adamson[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael A Pfeffer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Valerie A Arboleda[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Omai B Garner[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Annabelle de St Maurice[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Benjamin von Bredow[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jonathan Flint[SUP] 4 6 [/SUP], Leonid Kruglyak[SUP] 4 7 8 [/SUP], Judith S Currier[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Among 880 healthcare workers with a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test, 264 (30.0%) infections were identified following receipt of at least 1 vaccine dose. Median SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values were highest among individuals receiving 2 vaccine doses, corresponding to lower viral shedding. Vaccination might lead to lower transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cycle threshold; vaccine; viral load.
. 2021 Nov 18;8(11)
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab526. eCollection 2021 Nov.
Lower Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viral Shedding Following Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers in Los Angeles, California
Paul C Adamson[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael A Pfeffer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Valerie A Arboleda[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Omai B Garner[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Annabelle de St Maurice[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Benjamin von Bredow[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Jonathan Flint[SUP] 4 6 [/SUP], Leonid Kruglyak[SUP] 4 7 8 [/SUP], Judith S Currier[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35005055
- PMCID: PMC8689969
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofab526
Abstract
Among 880 healthcare workers with a positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test, 264 (30.0%) infections were identified following receipt of at least 1 vaccine dose. Median SARS-CoV-2 cycle threshold values were highest among individuals receiving 2 vaccine doses, corresponding to lower viral shedding. Vaccination might lead to lower transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; cycle threshold; vaccine; viral load.