Protection from COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection against COVID-19-associated encounters in adults during Delta and Omicron predominance.
Catherine H BozioKristen A ButterfieldMelissa Briggs HagenShaun J GrannisPaul DrawzEmily HartmannToan C OngBruce FiremanKarthik NatarajanKristin DascombManjusha GaglaniMalini B DeSilvaDuck-Hye YangClaire M MidgleyBrian Edward DixonAllison L NalewayNancy GriselI-Chia LiaoSarah E ReeseWilliam F FadelStephanie A IrvingNed LewisJulie ArndorferKempapura MurthyJohn RiddlesNimish R ValviMufaddal MamawalaPeter J EmbiMark G ThompsonEdward StenehjemPublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and/or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection provided protection against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and ED/UC encounters regardless of variant. Staying up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccination still provides protection against severe COVID-19 disease, regardless of prior infection.