Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infections with the alpha variant are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic among health care workers

  • Francesca Rovida,
  • Irene Cassaniti,
  • Stefania Paolucci,
  • Elena Percivalle,
  • Antonella Sarasini,
  • Antonio Piralla,
  • Federica Giardina,
  • Josè Camilla Sammartino,
  • Alessandro Ferrari,
  • Federica Bergami,
  • Alba Muzzi,
  • Viola Novelli,
  • Alessandro Meloni,
  • Sara Cutti,
  • Anna Maria Grugnetti,
  • Giuseppina Grugnetti,
  • Claudia Rona,
  • Marinella Daglio,
  • Carlo Marena,
  • Antonio Triarico,
  • Daniele Lilleri,
  • Fausto Baldanti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26154-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Several COVID-19 vaccines have shown good efficacy in clinical trials. Here, the authors provide real world effectiveness data in a group of BNT162b2 vaccinated health care workers and find that breakthrough infections are asymptomatic or mild.