| Literature DB >> 33768222 |
M Catherine McEllistrem1, Cornelius J Clancy1,2, Deanna J Buehrle1, Aaron Lucas1,2, Brooke K Decker1,2.
Abstract
In nursing home residents with asymptomatic COVID-19 diagnosed through twice-weekly surveillance testing, single dose BNT162b2 vaccination (Pfizer-BioNTech) was associated with -2.4 mean log10 lower nasopharyngeal viral load than detected in absence of vaccination (p=0.004). Since viral load is linked to transmission, single dose mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination may help control outbreaks.Entities:
Keywords: Asymptomatic; COVID-19; Cycle Threshold; SARS-CoV-2; Viral Load
Year: 2021 PMID: 33768222 PMCID: PMC8083695 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab263
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079