Protection conferred by booster vaccine doses in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 during the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 and BA.5 epidemics from 2022 to 2023 in Greece
A history of ≥ 3 vaccine doses conferred significant protection against any adverse outcome and longer length of stay in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
Authors
- Periklis Panagopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0643-1090)
- Dimitrios Basoulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0686-872X)
- Panagiota Stamou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4628-8719)
- Vasileios Petrakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9065-4811)
- Dimitrios Hatzigeorgiou
- Theodoros V. Giannouchos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1574-6767)
- Helena C. Maltezou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-3547)
- Αmalia Karapanou
- Vasiliki Rapti
- Eleni Karantoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6129-4730)
- Maria Chini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4551-3024)
- Konstantinos Kounouklas
- Nikolaos V. Sipsas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6955-3453)
- Kyriakos Souliotis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1624-9444)
- Maria N. Gamaletsou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0530-3209)
- Konstantinos N. Syrigos
- Garyfalia Poulakou
- Andrianna-Chrysovalanto Verykokkou
Institutions
- Alabama Department of Public Health (US)
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- University of Peloponnese (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Hellenic Air Force (GR)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Hellenic Red Cross (GR)
- Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
- University Mental Health Research Institute (GR)
- Hellenic Oncology Research Group (GR)
- Institute of Educational Policy (GR)
- National Public Health Organization (GR)
- Sotiria General Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imj.2024.100144
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78
Funders
- Novavax