Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Estimate the Contribution of Immune Evasion and Waning Immunity on Decreasing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness
Lind M, Copin R, McCarthy S, Coppi A, Warner F, Ferguson D, Duckwall C, Borg R, Muenker M, Overton J, Hamon S, Zhou A, Cummings D, Ko A, Hamilton J, Schulz W, Hitchings M. Use of Whole-Genome Sequencing to Estimate the Contribution of Immune Evasion and Waning Immunity on Decreasing COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2022, 227: 663-674. PMID: 36408616, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessImmune evasionDelta infectionVE estimatesSecond doseTest-negative case-control studySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Whole-genome sequencingCOVID-19 vaccine effectivenessRespiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Syndrome coronavirus 2Case-control studyCoronavirus 2Calendar periodDelta variantInfectionDoseEvasionDaysLow effectivenessImmunityVariantsOmicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2
Fang Z, Peng L, Filler R, Suzuki K, McNamara A, Lin Q, Renauer PA, Yang L, Menasche B, Sanchez A, Ren P, Xiong Q, Strine M, Clark P, Lin C, Ko AI, Grubaugh ND, Wilen CB, Chen S. Omicron-specific mRNA vaccination alone and as a heterologous booster against SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 3250. PMID: 35668119, PMCID: PMC9169595, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30878-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterologous boosterSARS-CoV-2Antibody responseMRNA vaccinesMRNA vaccinationDelta variantOmicron variantType of vaccinationStrong antibody responseMRNA vaccine candidatesVaccine candidatesNeutralization potencyImmune evasionSARS-CoV.Two weeksComparable titersVaccinationVaccineTiters 10MiceOmicronWeeksWA-1LNP-mRNABooster