Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant
Author(s) -
Jamie Lopez Bernal,
Nick Andrews,
Charlotte Gower,
Eileen Gallagher,
Ruth Simmons,
Simon Thelwall,
Julia Stowe,
Elise Tessier,
Natalie Groves,
Gavin Dabrera,
Richard Myers,
Colin Campbell,
Gayatri Amirthalingam,
Matt Edmunds,
Maria Zambon,
Kevin Brown,
Susan Hopkins,
Meera Chand,
Mary Ramsay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa2108891
Subject(s) - vaccination , medicine , covid-19 , confidence interval , virology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The B.1.617.2 (delta) variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), has contributed to a surge in cases in India and has now been detected across the globe, including a notable increase in cases in the United Kingdom. The effectiveness of the BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccines against this variant has been unclear.
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