COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Digital Pandemic Surveillance in Germany (eCOV Study): Web Application–Based Prospective Observational Cohort Study

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 26; no. 1; p. e47070
• Main Authors: Lang, Anna-Lena, Hohmuth, Nils, Višković, Vukašin, Konigorski, Stefan, Scholz, Stefan, Balzer, Felix, Remschmidt, Cornelius, Leistner, Rasmus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Journal of Medical Internet Research 04.06.2024; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cohort Studies; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 Vaccines - administration & dosage; Data entry; Decision-making; Female; Germany - epidemiology; Humans; Infection; Internet; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Pandemics; Pharmaceutical industry; Prospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; Self Report; Vaccination; Vaccine Efficacy - statistics & numerical data; World health; Young Adult; Germany; United States; effectiveness; BNT162b2; web application; data collection; tool; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; vaccine effectiveness; SARS-CoV-2; digital public health; participatory disease surveillance; disease surveillance; Germany; vaccination

The COVID-19 pandemic posed significant challenges to global health systems. Efficient public health responses required a rapid and secure collection of health data to improve the understanding of SARS-CoV-2 and examine the vaccine effectiveness (VE) and drug safety of the novel COVID-19 vaccines. T...