COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance: systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Abdelmoneim, M Sallam, DM Hafez… - Tropical medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) booster dose vaccination after completing the primary vaccination series for …

COVID-19 vaccine booster strategies for omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: effectiveness and future prospects

D Zarębska-Michaluk, C Hu, M Brzdęk, R Flisiak… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the light of the lack of authorized COVID-19 vaccines adapted to the Omicron variant
lineage, the administration of the first and second booster dose is recommended. It remains …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses to the ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain and Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 4/BA. 5 variants in nursing home residents after receipt of …

DH Canaday - MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 - cdc.gov
Previous COVID-19 monovalent vaccines provided substantial reductions in COVID-19–
associated morbidity and mortality among nursing home residents; however, only one half of …

[HTML][HTML] Antigen presentation dynamics shape the antibody response to variants like SARS-CoV-2 Omicron after multiple vaccinations with the original strain

L Yang, M Van Beek, Z Wang, F Muecksch, M Canis… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is not effectively neutralized by most antibodies elicited
by two doses of mRNA vaccines, but a third dose increases anti-Omicron neutralizing …

PastoCovac and PastoCovac Plus as protein subunit COVID-19 vaccines led to great humoral immune responses in BBIP-CorV immunized individuals

A Ramezani, R Sorouri, S Haji Maghsoudi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The optimal booster vaccine schedule against COVID-19 is still being explored. The present
study aimed at assessment of the immunogenicity and antibody persistency of inactivated …

[HTML][HTML] Association of state COVID-19 vaccine mandates with staff vaccination coverage and staffing shortages in US nursing homes

BE McGarry, AD Gandhi, M Syme, SD Berry… - JAMA Health …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Several states implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates for nursing home
employees, which may have improved vaccine coverage but may have had the unintended …

Immunogenicity and safety of heterologous boost immunization with PastoCovac Plus against COVID-19 in ChAdOx1-S or BBIBP-CorV primed individuals

S Eybpoosh, A Biglari, R Sorouri, F Ashrafian… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background This study aimed at evaluation and comparison of PastoCovac Plus protein-
subunit vaccine in parallel with ChAdOx1-S (AstraZeneca) and BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm) in …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralization of Omicron subvariants BA. 1 and BA. 5 by a booster dose of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in a Japanese nursing home cohort

M Itamochi, S Yazawa, N Inasaki, Y Saga, E Yamazaki… - Vaccine, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustained epidemic of Omicron subvariants of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a worldwide concern, and older adults are at high risk. We …

Post-vaccination neutralization responses to Omicron sub-variants

H Jacobsen, M Katzmarzyk, MM Higdon, VC Jiménez… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The emergence of the Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529), which correlated with
dramatic losses in cross-neutralization capacity of post-vaccination sera, raised concerns …

Primary SARS-CoV-2 infections, re-infections and vaccine effectiveness during the Omicron transmission period in healthcare workers of Trieste and Gorizia …

L Cegolon, C Negro, G Mastrangelo, FL Filon - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of primary and recurrent COVID-19 infections in
healthcare workers (HCWs) routinely screened for SARS-CoV-2 by nasopharyngeal swabs …