Comparing COVID-19-related hospitalization rates among individuals with infection-induced and vaccine-induced immunity in Israel

Jacob G. Waxman; Maya Makov-Assif; Ben Y. Reis; Doron Netzer; Ran D. Balicer; Noa Dagan; Noam Barda

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29858-5

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Comparing COVID-19-related hospitalization rates among individuals with infection-induced and vaccine-induced immunity in Israel

Jacob G. Waxman,
Maya Makov-Assif,
Ben Y. Reis,
Doron Netzer,
Ran D. Balicer,
Noa Dagan,
Noam Barda

Affiliations

Jacob G. Waxman: Clalit Research Institute, Innovation Division, Clalit Health Services
Maya Makov-Assif: Clalit Research Institute, Innovation Division, Clalit Health Services
Ben Y. Reis: Predictive Medicine Group, Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children’s Hospital
Doron Netzer: Community Medical Services Division, Clalit Health Services
Ran D. Balicer: Clalit Research Institute, Innovation Division, Clalit Health Services
Noa Dagan: Clalit Research Institute, Innovation Division, Clalit Health Services
Noam Barda: Software and Information Systems Engineering, Ben Gurion University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29858-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The relative degree of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 provided by combinations of natural infection, vaccination, and booster doses is unknown. Here, the authors show that infection-induced immunity provides more protection against COVID-19-related hospitalization than non-recent vaccine immunity, but less than booster vaccination.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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