Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization in adults in France: A test negative case control study - 26/01/22
for the
FLUVAC Study group1
Highlights |
• | We present COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe forms in France using a test negative design. |
• | COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization from January to June 2021 was 96.2%. |
• | All breakthrough infections occurred in immunocompromised patients. |
Abstract |
Background |
Measuring vaccine effectiveness (VE) using real-life data is critical to confirm the effectiveness of licensed vaccine, which could strengthen vaccination adherence.
Methods |
We measured VE against adult COVID-19 hospitalization in five hospitals in France using a test negative design. We compared the odds of vaccinated patients hospitalized with COVID-19 with the odds of vaccinated patients hospitalized for the same symptoms with a negative test.
Results |
A total of 853 patients (463 cases and 390 controls) were included, with a total of 170 patients vaccinated (104 with one dose, 65 with two doses, and one with three doses). There were four cases of breakthrough infections, all in immunocompromised patients. The VE was 84.0% (CI0.95=[72.6; 90.6]) for one dose and 96.2% (CI0.95=[86.8; 98.9]) for two doses.
Conclusion |
Our results confirm the high VE of COVID-19 vaccine in France to prevent hospitalizations due to the alpha variant.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : COVID-19, Vaccine, France, Vaccine effectiveness, Alpha variant
Plan
Vol 52 - N° 1
P. 40-43 - février 2022 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.