SARS-CoV-2 Infection after Vaccination in Health Care Workers in California

After more than 36,500 health care workers at the University of California received at least one dose of vaccine, 71% of 379 workers with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests had positive results within 2 weeks after the first dose. Of 37 workers with positive results after the second dose, 7 had positive resu...

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Published inNew England Journal of Medicine Vol. 384; no. 18; pp. 1774 - 1775
Main Authors Keehner, Jocelyn, Horton, Lucy E, Pfeffer, Michael A, Longhurst, Christopher A, Schooley, Robert T, Currier, Judith S, Abeles, Shira R, Torriani, Francesca J
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 06.05.2021
Subjects
Asymptomatic
Asymptomatic Diseases
California - epidemiology
Clinical trials
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines
Health care
Health Personnel
Humans
Medical personnel
mRNA Vaccines
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Vaccination
Vaccines, Synthetic
California
United States > US
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Summary:After more than 36,500 health care workers at the University of California received at least one dose of vaccine, 71% of 379 workers with positive SARS-CoV-2 tests had positive results within 2 weeks after the first dose. Of 37 workers with positive results after the second dose, 7 had positive results 15 or more days after the dose.
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Drs. Abeles and Torriani contributed equally to this letter.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2101927