OpenSAFELY: Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccination in Children and Adolescents
BNT162b2 vaccination in adolescents reduced COVID-19 A&E attendance and hospitalization, although these outcomes were rare. Protection against positive SARS-CoV-2 tests was transient.
Authors
- Amelia Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-2074)
- Jonathan A C Sterne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8496-6053)
- Andrea L. Schaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3701-4997)
- Elsie Horne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5545-7628)
- Jonathan Cockburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-4873)
- Seb Bacon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-3454)
- Edward P K Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5847-109X)
- William Hulme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9162-4999)
- Lucy Bridges (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4407-9596)
- Helen J Curtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-9576)
- Ben Goldacre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5127-4728)
- Brian MacKenna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-9063)
- John Parry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0190-1121)
- Christopher Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-0606)
- Venexia M. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-446X)
- Colm Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2715-0562)
- Tom Palmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-4511)
- Miguel A. Hernán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1619-8456)
- Victoria Speed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-9375)
- Christopher Bates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0113-2593)
- Alex Walker
- Amir Mehrkar
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Nuffield Health (GB)
- WPP (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001908
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00