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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2024 Feb 20:1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.282. Online ahead of print. Susceptibility of healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) hybrid immunity to XBB lineage reinfection
Karissa A Whiting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rebecca Guest[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Venkatraman E Seshan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mini Kamboj[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Among 8,678 vaccinated healthcare personnel (HCP) with previous coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by August 28, 2023, 909 (10%) had an infection of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron XBB variant. Reinfection risk was comparable irrespective of previous infection type except for the omicron BQ.1 variant. Bivalent vaccination had a protective effect. COVID-19 vaccines remain vital to protect HCP, including those with hybrid immunity.
. 2024 Feb 20:1-4.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.282. Online ahead of print. Susceptibility of healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) hybrid immunity to XBB lineage reinfection
Karissa A Whiting[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rebecca Guest[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Venkatraman E Seshan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mini Kamboj[SUP] 3 4 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38374682
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.282
Among 8,678 vaccinated healthcare personnel (HCP) with previous coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by August 28, 2023, 909 (10%) had an infection of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) omicron XBB variant. Reinfection risk was comparable irrespective of previous infection type except for the omicron BQ.1 variant. Bivalent vaccination had a protective effect. COVID-19 vaccines remain vital to protect HCP, including those with hybrid immunity.