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. 2023 Mar 13;23(7):799–805. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00060-9

Table 2.

IRR and protective immunity of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination against medically attended symptomatic omicron BA.4, BA.5, and XBB reinfection

Omicron BA.4 or BA.5
Omicron XBB
Person-days at risk Number of cases Incidence per million person-days IRR* (95% CI) Protective immunity (95% CI) Person-days at risk Number of cases Incidence per million person-days IRR* (95% CI) Protective immunity (95% CI)
SARS-CoV-2-naive 53 076 623 3298 62·1 1·00 (reference value) Reference 24 498 337 36 510 1490 1·00 (reference value) Reference
Pre-omicron
Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated (0 or 1 dose) 134 615 7 52·0 2·00 (0·90 to 4·43) .. 62 426 56 897 2·81 (2·11 to 3·75) ..
Completed primary series 489 732 20 40·8 1·08 (0·66 to 1·79) .. 226 313 313 1383 1·82 (1·58 to 2·08) ..
Boosted 2 777 207 134 48·2 0·87 (0·73 to 1·05) 13% (−5 to 27) 1 277 769 2369 1854 1·29 (1·23 to 1·35) ..
Omicron BA.1
Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated (0 or 1 dose) 63 887 5 78·3 2·77 (1·10 to 6·99) .. 29 701 23 774 2·43 (1·59 to 3·72) ..
Completed primary series 662 962 12 18·1 0·45 (0·24 to 0·83) 55% (17 to 76) 308 506 243 788 0·97 (0·84 to 1·13) 3% (−13 to 16)
Boosted 5 903 384 146 24·7 0·39 (0·33 to 0·46) 61% (54 to 67) 2 738 726 3034 1108 0·70 (0·68 to 0·73) 30% (27 to 32)
Omicron BA.2
Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated (0 or 1 dose) 117 811 6 50·9 2·07 (0·88 to 4·87) .. 55 004 28 509 1·80 (1·22 to 2·66) ..
Completed primary series 782 089 6 7·7 0·20 (0·09 to 0·47) 80% (53 to 91) 365 077 214 586 0·78 (0·67 to 0·91) 22% (9 to 33)
Boosted 12 772 414 150 11·7 0·22 (0·18 to 0·26) 78% (74 to 82) 5 969 416 3963 664 0·49 (0·47 to 0·51) 51% (49 to 53)

IRR=incidence rate ratio.

*

Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, housing type, calendar date, vaccination status of SARS-CoV-2-naive group, days since last vaccine dose, and days since previous infection.

Negative protective immunity estimates are not presented.