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. 2022 Apr 18;22(7):990–1001. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00144-X

Table 2.

Protective efficacy due to natural exposure to SARS-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2-naive individuals (n=7331)
SARS-CoV-2-exposed individuals (n=7339)
Protective efficacy (95% CI)*
Cumulative follow-up in person-years Number of patients with an event Cumulative follow-up in person-years Number of patients with an event
Any severity rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 1088·9 353 1192·5 65 83·2% (78·0 to 87·3)
Moderate-to-severe rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 1088·9 73 1192·5 6 92·5% (82·9 to 97·3)
Severe rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 1088·9 10 1192·5 0 100% (59·3 to 100)
Protective efficacy endpoints against rtPCR-confirmed COVID-19 due to specific identified variants
Alpha variant (B.1.1.7) 1088·9 19 1192·5 0 100% (80·4 to 100)
Beta variant (B.1.351, B.135.2, B.1.351.3) 1088·9 23 1192·5 7 72·2% (33·1 to 89·9)
Delta variant (B.1.617.2) 1088·9 72 1192·5 18 77·2% (61·3 to 87·2)
Gamma variant (P.1; P.1.1; P.1.2) 1088·9 43 1192·5 3 93·6% (80·1 to 98·7)
Mu variant (B.1.621) 1088·9 60 1192·5 5 92·4% (81·2 to 97·6)
Lambda variant (C.37) 1088·9 7 1192·5 0 100% (36·7 to 100)
B.1.623 variant 1088·9 8 1192·5 1 88·6% (14·9 to 99·7)
Other 1088·9 121 1192·5 31 76·6% (65·1 to 84·8)
*

95% CI for protective efficacy was calculated using the Clopper-Pearson method, which was based on conditional binomial distribution.

Cumulative follow-up was calculated for all participants at risk within each group using the time period from 1 day after the first dose to analysis cutoff on Aug 10, 2021.

Protective efficacy due to natural immunity in placebo recipients with evidence of previous exposure to SARS-CoV-2.