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ObjectiveWe carried out a study to estimate the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of homologous vaccination schedules against COVID-19, using data from mandatory information systems from Bogota, Colombia.MethodsA test-negative case-control study in adults from Bogota (Colombia), between March 1st of 2021 and February 25th of 2022. We assess VE among symptomatic COVID-19 cases during the Mul, Delta, and Omicron predominance periods in Bogota, with controls matched by sex, age (±5 years), and date of testing (±7 days), using a case:control ratio of 1:1. We selected homologous vaccination schedules with ChAdOx1, CoronaVac, BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, and Ad26.COV2.S. VE was reported as one minus the odds ratio in adjusted conditional logistic regressions, with their 95% confidence intervals (CI). A p-value Results52,913 cases were matched to controls, 16,722 for Mu, 14,094 for Delta, and 22,097 for Omicron. VE was high against COVID-19 during Mu weeks with full vaccination using the monovalent BNT162b2 (VE: 69; 95% CI, 65 to 72) vaccine and ChAdOx1 (VE: 64; 95% CI, 31 to 81) and significantly lower with CoronaVac (P ConclusionOur study provides further evidence on the protective effect of mRNA vaccines for Omicron, and warrant that the duration of protection against symptomatic infection may last for only a few months.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.072

Type

Journal article

Journal

Vaccine

Publication Date

10/2023

Volume

41

Pages

6291 - 6299

Addresses

ALZAK Foundation, Cartagena, Colombia; Universidad del Sinú, Cartagena, Colombia. Electronic address: apaterninacaicedo@tulane.edu.

Keywords

Humans, Case-Control Studies, Adult, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, BNT162 Vaccine, 2019-nCoV Vaccine mRNA-1273, Ad26COVS1