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- Title
Longitudinal Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reveals Limited Infectious Virus Shedding and Restricted Tissue Distribution.
- Authors
Ke, Ruian; Martinez, Pamela P; Smith, Rebecca L; Gibson, Laura L; Achenbach, Chad J; McFall, Sally; Qi, Chao; Jacob, Joshua; Dembele, Etienne; Bundy, Camille; Simons, Lacy M; Ozer, Egon A; Hultquist, Judd F; Lorenzo-Redondo, Ramon; Opdycke, Anita K; Hawkins, Claudia; Murphy, Robert L; Mirza, Agha; Conte, Madison; Gallagher, Nicholas
- Abstract
Background The global effort to vaccinate people against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) during an ongoing pandemic has raised questions about how vaccine breakthrough infections compare with infections in immunologically naive individuals and the potential for vaccinated individuals to transmit the virus. Methods We examined viral dynamics and infectious virus shedding through daily longitudinal sampling in 23 adults infected with SARS-CoV-2 at varying stages of vaccination, including 6 fully vaccinated individuals. Results The durations of both infectious virus shedding and symptoms were significantly reduced in vaccinated individuals compared with unvaccinated individuals. We also observed that breakthrough infections are associated with strong tissue compartmentalization and are only detectable in saliva in some cases. Conclusions Vaccination shortens the duration of time of high transmission potential, minimizes symptom duration, and may restrict tissue dissemination.
- Subjects
BREAKTHROUGH infections; SARS-CoV-2; VIRAL shedding; COVID-19 vaccines; CORONAVIRUS diseases
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2022, Vol 9, Issue 7, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofac192