Different Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 in Two Healthcare Workers Vaccinated with BNT162b2 Vaccine, Infected with the Same Viral Variant but with Different Predisposing Conditions for the Progression of the Disease

Loredana Alessio; Mariantonietta Pisaturo; Antonio Russo; Lorenzo Onorato; Mario Starace; Luigi Atripaldi; Nicola Coppola

doi:10.3390/vaccines10020298

Vaccines (Feb 2022)

Different Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 in Two Healthcare Workers Vaccinated with BNT162b2 Vaccine, Infected with the Same Viral Variant but with Different Predisposing Conditions for the Progression of the Disease

Loredana Alessio,
Mariantonietta Pisaturo,
Antonio Russo,
Lorenzo Onorato,
Mario Starace,
Luigi Atripaldi,
Nicola Coppola

Affiliations

Loredana Alessio: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
Mariantonietta Pisaturo: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
Antonio Russo: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
Lorenzo Onorato: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
Mario Starace: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy
Luigi Atripaldi: U.O.C. di Patologia Clinica Ospedale D. Cotugno, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedali dei Colli, 80131 Naples, Italy
Nicola Coppola: Department of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020298
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2
p. 298

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Safe and effective vaccines are available to face the global threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this article, we report on the clinical cases of two healthcare workers vaccinated with two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine who were infected by the same viral clade but had different clinical outcomes.

Published in Vaccines

ISSN: 2076-393X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/vaccines

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