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Price, Ashley M.; Olson, Samantha M.; Newhams, Margaret M.; Halasa, Natasha B.; Boom, Julie A.; Sahni, Leila C.; Pannaraj, Pia S.; Irby, Katherine; Bline, Katherine E.; Maddux, Aline B.; Nofziger, Ryan A.; Cameron, Melissa A.; Walker, Tracie C.; Schwartz, Stephanie P.; Mack, Elizabeth H.; Smallcomb, Laura; Schuster, Jennifer E.; Hobbs, Charlotte V.; Kamidani, Satoshi; Tarquinio, Keiko M.; Bradford, Tamara T.; Levy, Emily R.; Chiotos, Kathleen; Bhumbra, Samina S.; Cvijanovich, Natalie Z.; Heidemann, Sabrina M.; Cullimore, Melissa L.; Gertz, Shira J.; Coates, Bria M.; Staat, Mary A.; Zinter, Matt S.; Kong, Michele; Chatani, Brandon M.; Hume, Janet R.; Typpo, Katri V.; Maamari, Mia; Flori, Heidi R.; Tenforde, Mark W.; Zambrano, Laura D.; Campbell, Angela P.; Patel, Manish M.; Randolph, Adrienne G.
The New England journal of medicine, 05/2022, Volume: 386, Issue: 20Journal Article
In this study evaluating BNT162b2, vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization for Covid-19 in the delta-predominant period among adolescents 12 to 18 years of age was more than 90%; during the omicron period, vaccine effectiveness was 40% against hospitalization and 79% against critical illness. Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization was 68% among children 5 to 11 years of age.
