Covid-19 Vaccine Protection among Children and Adolescents in Qatar.
Hiam ChemaitellySawsan AlMukdadHoussein H AyoubHeba N AltarawnehPeter CoylePatrick TangHadi M YassineHebah A Al-KhatibMaria K SmattiMohammad R HasanZaina Al-KanaaniEinas Al-KuwariAndrew M JeremijenkoAnvar H KaleeckalAli Nizar LatifRiyazuddin M ShaikHanan F Abdul-RahimGheyath K NasrallahMohamed G Al-KuwariHamad E Al-RomaihiAdeel Ajwad ButtMohamed H Al-ThaniAbdullatif Al-KhalRoberto BertolliniLaith Jamal Abu-RaddadPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
Vaccination in children was associated with modest, rapidly waning protection against omicron infection. Vaccination in adolescents was associated with stronger, more durable protection, perhaps because of the larger antigen dose. (Funded by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar and others.).