Single-dose effectiveness of mpox vaccine in Quebec, Canada: test-negative design with and without adjustment for self-reported exposure risk.
Nicholas BrousseauSara Carazo PerezYossi FebrianiLauriane PadetSandrine Hegg-DeloyeGeneviève CadieuxGeneviève BergeronJudith FafardHugues CharestGilles LambertDenis TalbotJean LongtinAlexandre Dumont-BlaisSteve BastienVirginie DalpéPierre-Henri MinotGaston De SerresDanuta M SkowronskiPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Using only administrative data, we estimate one vaccine dose reduced the mpox risk by about one-third; whereas, additionally adjusting for self-reported risk factor information revealed greater vaccine benefit, with one dose instead estimated to reduce the mpox risk by about two-thirds. Inadequate exposure-risk adjustment may substantially under-estimate mpox VE.