Association Between Exposure Characteristics and the Risk for COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers With and Without BNT162b2 Vaccination

Yonatan Oster; Shmuel Benenson; Limor Yochi Harpaz; Inon Buda; Ran Nir-Paz; Jacob Strahilevitz; Matan J Cohen

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25394

Association Between Exposure Characteristics and the Risk for COVID-19 Infection Among Health Care Workers With and Without BNT162b2 Vaccination

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Sep 1;4(9):e2125394. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25394.

Authors

Yonatan Oster^{1

2}, Shmuel Benenson^{1

2}, Limor Yochi Harpaz^{1

2}, Inon Buda³, Ran Nir-Paz^{1

2}, Jacob Strahilevitz^{1

2}, Matan J Cohen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ General Management, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁴ Clalit Health Services, Jerusalem District, Associated With the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Abstract

This case-control study examines the possible association between exposure characteristics and infection risk among vaccinated and nonvaccinated health care workers in Israel.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
BNT162 Vaccine
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / immunology
COVID-19 / prevention & control
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage
COVID-19 Vaccines / immunology*
Case-Control Studies
Female
Health Personnel / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Quarantine / methods
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines
BNT162 Vaccine