Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: a narrative review

T Fiolet, Y Kherabi, CJ MacDonald, J Ghosn… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Vaccines are critical cost-effective tools to control the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. However, the emergence of variants of the severe acute respiratory …

The efficacy and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines in reducing infection, severity, hospitalization, and mortality: a systematic review

I Mohammed, A Nauman, P Paul… - Human vaccines & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the relatively rapid development of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine development has
become crucial for limiting disease transmission. The accelerated growth in the approved …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines induce persistent human germinal centre responses

JS Turner, JA O'Halloran, E Kalaidina, W Kim… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-based vaccines are about 95% effective in preventing COVID-
19 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The dynamics of antibody-secreting plasmablasts and germinal centre B …

Effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines in ambulatory and inpatient care settings

MG Thompson, E Stenehjem, S Grannis… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background There are limited data on the effectiveness of the vaccines against symptomatic
coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) currently authorized in the United States with respect …

Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines on covid-19 related symptoms, hospital admissions, and mortality in older adults in England …

JL Bernal, N Andrews, C Gower, C Robertson, J Stowe… - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
Objective To estimate the real world effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 and
Oxford-AstraZeneca ChAdOx1-S vaccines against confirmed covid-19 symptoms (including …

[HTML][HTML] Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a …

EJ Haas, FJ Angulo, JM McLaughlin, E Anis, SR Singer… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Following the emergency use authorisation of the Pfizer–BioNTech mRNA
COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 (international non-proprietary name tozinameran) in Israel …

BNT162b2 vaccine induces neutralizing antibodies and poly-specific T cells in humans

U Sahin, A Muik, I Vogler, E Derhovanessian, LM Kranz… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract BNT162b2, a nucleoside-modified mRNA formulated in lipid nanoparticles that
encodes the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (S) stabilized in its prefusion conformation, has …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell reactivity in infected or vaccinated individuals

A Tarke, J Sidney, N Methot, ED Yu, Y Zhang… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with evidence of antibody escape highlight the
importance of addressing whether the total CD4+ and CD8+ T cell recognition is also …

Prevention and attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 vaccines

MG Thompson, JL Burgess, AL Naleway… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Information is limited regarding the effectiveness of the two-dose messenger
RNA (mRNA) vaccines BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) and mRNA-1273 (Moderna) in …

Covid-19 breakthrough infections in vaccinated health care workers

M Bergwerk, T Gonen, Y Lustig, S Amit… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite the high efficacy of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine against
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), rare breakthrough …