Communications Medicine (Jan 2022)
A 2-month field cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva of BNT162b2 vaccinated nursing home workers
- Claude Saegerman,
- Anh Nguyet Diep,
- Véronique Renault,
- Anne-Françoise Donneau,
- Lambert Stamatakis,
- Wouter Coppieters,
- Fabienne Michel,
- Christophe Breuer,
- Margaux Dandoy,
- Olivier Ek,
- Claire Gourzones,
- Joey Schyns,
- Emeline Goffin,
- Frédéric Minner,
- Keith Durkin,
- Maria Artesi,
- Vincent Bours,
- Fabrice Bureau,
- Laurent Gillet
Affiliations
- Claude Saegerman
- Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Liège University
- Anh Nguyet Diep
- Biostatistics Unit, Liège University
- Véronique Renault
- Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Liège University
- Anne-Françoise Donneau
- Risk Assessment Group COVID-19, Liège University
- Lambert Stamatakis
- General Delegation COVID-19, Government of the Walloon Region
- Wouter Coppieters
- Unit of Animal Genomics, GIGA Institute, Liège University
- Fabienne Michel
- Risk Assessment Group COVID-19, Liège University
- Christophe Breuer
- Liège University
- Margaux Dandoy
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Olivier Ek
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Claire Gourzones
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Joey Schyns
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Emeline Goffin
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Frédéric Minner
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Keith Durkin
- Laboratory of Human Genetics, GIGA Research Institute
- Maria Artesi
- Laboratory of Human Genetics, GIGA Research Institute
- Vincent Bours
- Laboratory of Human Genetics, GIGA Research Institute
- Fabrice Bureau
- Covid-19 Platform of Liège University
- Laurent Gillet
- Fundamental and Applied Research for Animal and Health (FARAH) Center, Liège University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-021-00067-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
Saegerman et al. perform saliva SARS-CoV-2 testing in a cohort of nursing home workers in Belgium who are either unvaccinated or have received one or two doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine. The authors show that vaccination protects against shedding of SARS-CoV-2 into saliva and observe greater variability in viral load in the unvaccinated group.
