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COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in the paediatric population aged 5-17 years: a ...
Soares, Patricia; Machado, Ausenda; Nicolay, Nathalie; Monge, Susana; Sacco, Chiara; Hansen, Christian Holm; Meijerink, Hinta; Martínez-Baz, IvánBackground: During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination programmes targeted children and adolescents to prevent severe outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Aim: To estimate COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalisation due to COVID-19 in the paediatric population, among those with and without previously documented SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods: We established a fixed cohort followed f...
Effectiveness of XBB.1.5 Monovalent COVID‐19 Vaccines During a Period of XBB.1....
Monge, Susana; Humphreys, James; Nicolay, Nathalie; Braeye, Toon; Van Evercooren, Izaak; Holm Hansen, Christian; Emborg, Hanne‐Dorthe; Sacco, ChiaraUsing a common protocol across seven countries in the European Union/European Economic Area, we estimated XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19 hospitalisation and death in booster-eligible ≥ 65-year-olds, during October–November 2023. We linked electronic records to construct retrospective cohorts and used Cox models to estimate adjusted hazard ratios and derive VE. VE for COVID-19 hos...
Relative vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalisation in persons aged...
Fontán-Vela, Mario; Kissling, Esther; Nicolay, Nathalie; Braeye, Toon; Van Evercooren, Izaak; Holm Hansen, Christian; Emborg, Hanne-DortheSince 2021, the Vaccine Effectiveness, Burden and Impact Studies of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and influenza (VEBIS) project monitors vaccine effectiveness (VE) in real-world conditions to inform vaccination programmes in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries [1]. One project aims to monitor real-time COVID-19 VE using electronic health registries (EHR) in multiple countries, wit...
Effectiveness of the autumn 2023 COVID-19 vaccine dose in hospital-based health...
Savulescu, Camelia; Prats-Uribe, Albert; Brolin, Kim; Uusküla, Anneli; Bergin, Colm; Fleming, Catherine; Murri, Rita; Zvirbulis, ViestursCOVID-19 vaccination recommendations prioritise healthcare workers (HCWs), considering their exposure to severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and their key role in the functioning of healthcare systems. In the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA), HCWs were considered a priority for COVID-19 revaccination during the autumn 2023 campaign [1], and the World Health Organization (WHO) recom...
Monitoring COVID‐19 vaccine effectiveness against COVID‐19 hospitalisation and ...
Kislaya, Irina; Sentís, Alexis; Starrfelt, Jostein; Nunes, Baltazar; Martínez‐Baz, Iván; Nielsen, Katrine Finderup; AlKerwi, Ala'a; Braeye, ToonBackground: Within the ECDC-VEBIS project, we prospectively monitored vaccine effectiveness (VE) against COVID-19 hospitalisation and COVID-19-related death using electronic health registries (EHR), between October 2021 and November 2022, in community-dwelling residents aged 65-79 and ≥80 years in six European countries. Methods: EHR linkage was used to construct population cohorts in Belgium, Denmark, Luxembou...
Trends in human immunodeficiency virus diagnoses among men who have sex with me...
Chapin-Bardales, Johanna; Schmidt, Axel J.; Guy, Rebecca J.; Kaldor, John M.; McGregor, Skye; Sasse, André; Archibald, Chris; Rank, ClaudiaPurpose: The aim of the article was to investigate recent trends in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) diagnosis rates among men who have sex with men (MSM) in high-income countries in North America, Western Europe, and Australia. Methods: Data on annual rates of HIV diagnoses among MSM aged 15 to 65 years from 2000 to 2014 were collected from 13 high-income countries. Joinpoint regression software was used to ...