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. 2022 Jan 18:taac003. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac003

Low rate of transmission to triple-vaccinated contacts of an imported case of SARS-CoV-2 omicron infection: A contact tracing study in Israel

Eyal Leshem ✉,#, Tal Gonen #, Tomer Hoffman, Anat Barsisat, Yitshak Kreiss, Gili Regev-Yochay
PMCID: PMC8807293  PMID: 35041008

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We conducted contact-tracing investigation of multiple patients and healthcare workers exposed to a pre-symptomatic physician, triple-vaccinated with BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine, infected with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant. Of 51 contacts, 45(88%) were triple-vaccinated (boosted) with BNT162b2 vaccine and 47(92%) contacts were masked. One (1/51, 2%) triple-vaccinated primary contact became infected.

Keywords: BNT162B2, COVID-19 vaccine, Travel, Israel, Omicron variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant

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