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. 2023 Apr 27;21:160. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02861-3

Table 2.

Duration of primary series vaccine effectiveness against VOC

VOC Time since vaccination No. of estimates Pooled estimate (95% CI) Pooled VE (%) (95% CI)
Against SARS-CoV-2 infection
 Alpha 14–90 1 0.130 (0.120, 0.140) 87.0 (86.0, 88.0)
91–180
 > 180
 Gamma 14–90 4 0.538 (0.470, 0.616) 46.2 (38.4, 53.0)
91–180 1 0.579 (0.535, 0.627) 42.1 (37.3, 46.5)
 > 180
 Delta 14–90 5 0.437 (0.309, 0.618) 56.3 (38.2, 69.1)
91–180 5 0.778 (0.637, 0.951) 22.2 (4.9, 36.3)
 > 180 4 0.791 (0.681, 0.919) 20.9 (8.1, 31.9)
 Omicron 14–90 3 0.659 (0.572, 0.760) 34.1 (24.0, 42.8)
91–180
 > 180 3 0.928 (0.883, 0.977) 7.2 (2.3, 11.7)
Against severe COVID-19
 Alpha 14–90 2 0.100 (0.085, 0.117) 90.0 (88.3, 91.5)
91–180
 > 180
 Gamma 14–90 3 0.225 (0.115, 0.439) 77.5 (56.1, 88.5)
91–180 1 0.230 (0.209, 0.253) 77.0 (74.7, 79.1)
 > 180
 Delta 14–90 7 0.213 (0.112, 0.404) 78.7 (59.6, 88.8)
91–180 7 0.438 (0.320, 0.600) 56.2 (40.0, 68.0)
 > 180 4 0.432 (0.290, 0.643) 56.8 (35.7, 71.0)
 Omicron 14–90 3 0.401 (0.299, 0.539) 59.9 (46.1, 70.1)
91–180
 > 180 3 0.355 (0.281, 0.448) 64.5 (55.2, 71.9)