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Syndromic Surveillance-Based Estimates of Vaccine Efficacy Against COVID-Like Illness from Emerging Omicron and COVID-19 Variants

2021-12-18 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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New infections from the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 have been increasing dramatically in South Africa since first identification in November 2021. Despite increasing uptake of COVID-19 vaccine, there are concerns vaccine protection against omicron may be reduced compared to other variants. We sought to characterize a surrogate measure of vaccine efficacy in Gauteng, South Africa by leveraging real-time syndromic surveillance data. The University of Maryland Global COVID Trends and Impact Surve...

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