Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine against Covid-19 in Israel
Author(s) -
Dror Mevorach,
Emilia Anis,
Noa Cedar,
Michal Bromberg,
Eric J. Haas,
Eyal Nadir,
Sharon Olsha-Castell,
Dana Arad,
Tal Hasin,
Nir Levi,
Rabea Asleh,
Offer Amir,
Karen Meir,
Dotan Cohen,
Rita Dichtiar,
Deborah Novick,
Yael Hershkovitz,
Ron Dagan,
Iris Leitersdorf,
Ronen BenAmi,
Ian Miskin,
Walid Saliba,
Khitam Muhsen,
Yehezkel Levi,
Manfred S. Green,
Lital Keinan-Boker,
Sharon AlroyPreis
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/nejmoa2109730
Subject(s) - covid-19 , virology , myocarditis , medicine , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Approximately 5.1 million Israelis had been fully immunized against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) after receiving two doses of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) by May 31, 2021. After early reports of myocarditis during adverse events monitoring, the Israeli Ministry of Health initiated active surveillance.
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