Browsing by Author "Vazquez-Benitez, Gabriela"

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    Estimation of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness Against Medically Attended COVID-19 in Pregnancy During Periods of Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance in the United States
    (American Medical Association, 2022-09-01) Schrag, Stephanie J.; Verani, Jennifer R.; Dixon, Brian E.; Page, Jessica M.; Butterfield, Kristen A.; Gaglani, Manjusha; Vazquez-Benitez, Gabriela; Zerbo, Ousseny; Natarajan, Karthik; Ong, Toan C.; Lazariu, Victoria; Rao, Suchitra; Beaver, Ryan; Ellington, Sascha R.; Klein, Nicola P.; Irving, Stephanie A.; Grannis, Shaun J.; Kiduko, Salome; Barron, Michelle A.; Midturi, John; Dickerson, Monica; Lewis, Ned; Stockwell, Melissa S.; Stenehjem, Edward; Fadel, William F.; Link-Gelles, Ruth; Murthy, Kempapura; Goddard, Kristin; Grisel, Nancy; Valvi, Nimish R.; Fireman, Bruce; Arndorfer, Julie; Konatham, Deepika; Ball, Sarah; Thompson, Mark G.; Naleway, Allison L.; Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Importance: Pregnant people are at high risk for severe COVID-19 but were excluded from mRNA vaccine trials; data on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness (VE) are needed. Objective: To evaluate the estimated effectiveness of mRNA vaccination against medically attended COVID-19 among pregnant people during Delta and Omicron predominance. Design, setting, and participants: This test-negative, case-control study was conducted from June 2021 to June 2022 in a network of 306 hospitals and 164 emergency department and urgent care (ED/UC) facilities across 10 US states, including 4517 ED/UC encounters and 975 hospitalizations among pregnant people with COVID-19-like illness (CLI) who underwent SARS-CoV-2 molecular testing. Exposures: Two doses (14-149 and ≥150 days prior) and 3 doses (7-119 and ≥120 days prior) of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (≥1 dose received during pregnancy) vs unvaccinated. Main outcomes and measures: Estimated VE against laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated ED/UC encounter or hospitalization, based on the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for prior vaccination; VE was calculated as (1 - aOR) × 100%. Results: Among 4517 eligible CLI-associated ED/UC encounters and 975 hospitalizations, 885 (19.6%) and 334 (34.3%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive, respectively; the median (IQR) patient age was 28 (24-32) years and 31 (26-35) years, 537 (12.0%) and 118 (12.0%) were non-Hispanic Black and 1189 (26.0%) and 240 (25.0%) were Hispanic. During Delta predominance, the estimated VE against COVID-19-associated ED/UC encounters was 84% (95% CI, 69% to 92%) for 2 doses within 14 to 149 days, 75% (95% CI, 5% to 93%) for 2 doses 150 or more days prior, and 81% (95% CI, 30% to 95%) for 3 doses 7 to 119 days prior; estimated VE against COVID-19-associated hospitalization was 99% (95% CI, 96% to 100%), 96% (95% CI, 86% to 99%), and 97% (95% CI, 79% to 100%), respectively. During Omicron predominance, for ED/UC encounters, the estimated VE of 2 doses within 14 to 149 days, 2 doses 150 or more days, 3 doses within 7 to 119 days, and 3 doses 120 or more days prior was 3% (95% CI, -49% to 37%), 42% (95% CI, -16% to 72%), 79% (95% CI, 59% to 89%), and -124% (95% CI, -414% to 2%), respectively; for hospitalization, estimated VE was 86% (95% CI, 41% to 97%), 64% (95% CI, -102% to 93%), 86% (95% CI, 28% to 97%), and -53% (95% CI, -1254% to 83%), respectively. Conclusions and relevance: In this study, maternal mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, including booster dose, was associated with protection against medically attended COVID-19. VE estimates were higher against COVID-19-associated hospitalization than ED/UC visits and lower against the Omicron variant than the Delta variant. Protection waned over time, particularly during Omicron predominance.
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    Protection of Two and Three mRNA Vaccine Doses Against Severe Outcomes Among Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19-VISION Network, August 2021 to March 2022
    (Oxford, 2023-04-15) DeSilva, Malini B.; Mitchell, Patrick K.; Klein, Nicola P.; Dixon, Brian E.; Tenforde, Mark W.; Thompson, Mark G.; Naleway, Allison L.; Grannis, Shaun G.; Ong, Toan C.; Natarajan, Karthik; Reese, Sarah E.; Zerbo, Ousseny; Kharbanda, Anupam B.; Patel, Palak; Stenehjem, Edward; Raiyani, Chandni; Irving, Stephanie A.; Fadel, William F.; Rao, Suchitra; Han, Jungmi; Reynolds, Sue; Davis, Jonathan M.; Lewis, Ned; McEvoy, Charlene; Dickerson, Monica; Dascomb, Kristin; Valvi, Nimish R.; Barron, Michelle A.; Goddard, Kristin; Vazquez-Benitez, Gabriela; Grisel, Nancy; Mamwala, Mufaddal; Embi, Peter J.; Fireman, Bruce; Essien, Inih J.; Griggs, Eric P.; Arndorfer, Julie; Gaglani, Manjusha; Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Medicine
    Background We assessed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination impact on illness severity among adults hospitalized with COVID-19, August 2021–March 2022. Methods We evaluated differences in intensive care unit (ICU) admission, in-hospital death, and length of stay among vaccinated (2 or 3 mRNA vaccine doses) versus unvaccinated patients aged ≥18 years hospitalized for ≥24 hours with COVID-19–like illness and positive severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) molecular testing. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) for ICU admission and death and subdistribution hazard ratios (SHR) for time to hospital discharge adjusted for age, geographic region, calendar time, and local virus circulation. Results We included 27 149 SARS-CoV-2–positive hospitalizations. During both Delta- and Omicron-predominant periods, protection against ICU admission was strongest among 3-dose vaccinees compared with unvaccinated patients (Delta OR, 0.52 [95% CI, .28–.96]; Omicron OR, 0.69 [95% CI, .54–.87]). During both periods, risk of in-hospital death was lower among vaccinated compared with unvaccinated patients but ORs overlapped across vaccination strata. We observed SHR >1 across all vaccination strata in both periods indicating faster discharge for vaccinated patients. Conclusions COVID-19 vaccination was associated with lower rates of ICU admission and in-hospital death in both Delta and Omicron periods compared with being unvaccinated.