[HTML][HTML] Waning antibody levels after COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA Comirnaty and inactivated CoronaVac vaccines in blood donors, Hong Kong, April 2020 to …

SLL Kwok, SMS Cheng, JNS Leung, K Leung… - …, 2022 - eurosurveillance.org
The mRNA vaccine Comirnaty and the inactivated vaccine CoronaVac are both available in
Hong Kong's COVID-19 vaccination programme. We observed waning antibody levels in …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 vaccination on healthcare worker infection rate and outcome during SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant outbreak in Hong Kong

ST Zee, LF Kwok, KM Kee, LH Fung, WP Luk, TL Chan… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune escape is observed with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (Pango lineage B. 1.1. 529), the
predominant circulating strain worldwide. A booster dose was shown to restore immunity …

Efficacy of mRNA and inactivated whole virus vaccines against COVID-19 in patients with chronic respiratory diseases

WC Kwok, SHI Leung, TCC Tam, JCM Ho… - … Journal of Chronic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background While different COVID-19 vaccines have been developed, there has been lack
of data on the efficacy comparison between mRNA and inactivated whole virus vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Surrogate neutralization responses following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 vaccination in people with HIV: comparison between …

NS Wong, BCK Wong, JMC Chan, KH Wong… - Aids, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: People with HIV (PWH) co-infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are at higher odds of severe diseases. Whereas the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the effect of Loigolactobacillus coryniformis K8 CECT 5711 consumption in health care workers exposed to COVID-19

R Rodriguez-Blanque, JC Sánchez-García… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Following the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, an unprecedented burden has been
placed on health care systems, with health care workers (HCWs) being most at risk of …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and efficacy of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in women vaccinated during the first trimester of pregnancy

Y Ma, Z Shan, Y Gu, Y Huang - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the safety of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccines in
early pregnant women in view of their adverse-effect profile and associated maternal-fetal …

[HTML][HTML] Safety and immunogenicity of a booster vaccination by CoronaVac or BNT162b2 in previously two-dose inactivated virus vaccinated individuals with negative …

KTW Lai, EYT Lai Wan Loong, TLH Fung, LWP Luk… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 has swept across the globe since 2019 and repeated waves of infection have
been caused by different variants of the original SARS-CoV-2 (wild type), with the Omicron …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological study of combined administration of SARS-coV-2 DNA vaccine and inactivated vaccine

Z Meng, D Ma, S Duan, J Zhang, R Yue, X Li, Y Gao… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objective: We constructed two DNA vaccines containing the receptor-binding domain (RBD)
genes of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants and used them in combination with inactivated …

Phenotypic and functional changes of T cell subsets after CoronaVac vaccination

W Phoksawat, A Nithichanon, H Lerdsamran… - Vaccine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The pandemic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major global public
health concern and several protective vaccines, or preventive/therapeutic approaches have …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 pandemic after omicron

CKC Lai, W Lam, KY Tsang, FWT Cheng, MCS Wong - Hong Kong Med J, 2022 - hkmj.org
At the time of writing, the “fifth wave” of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hong Kong
that started to surge since late January 2022 is receding. The fifth wave has been the worst …