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Effectiveness of JN.1 monovalent COVID-19 vaccination in EU/EEA countries between October 2024 and January 2025: a VEBIS electronic health record network study.

Humphreys, James
Blake, Alexandre
Nicolay, Nathalie
Hansen, Christian Holm
Moustsen-Helms, Ida Rask
Sacco, Chiara
Mateo-Urdiales, Alberto
Castilla, Jesús
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We estimated vaccine effectiveness (VE) of Omicron JN.1-adapted COVID-19 vaccines administered during the 2024 autumnal vaccination campaign against COVID-19 hospitalisation and death among eligible individuals aged ≥65 years. The study period was October 2024-January 2025. Using a common protocol across six EU/EEA study sites, we linked electronic health records to construct retrospective cohorts and applied Cox modelling to estimate VE via confounder-adjusted hazard ratios. The majority of vaccines administered during the study period were Omicron JN.1-adapted COVID-19 vaccines (99 %). VE against hospitalisation was 60 % (95 % Confidence Interval: 48-70 %) and against COVID-19-related death was 78 % (95 %CI: 64-87 %) among individuals aged 65-79 years; 58 % (95 %CI: 48-66 %) and 62 % (95 %CI: 32-79 %) among those aged ≥80 years. These results indicate high effectiveness in the initial months of the campaign. Continued monitoring is necessary to confirm these results, including estimates of VE in those with longer time since vaccination and during different variant predominance periods.

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2025-10-03
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Aged, Aged, 80 and over, BNT162 Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccines, Electronic Health Records, European Union, Female, Hospitalization, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, Vaccination, Vaccine Efficacy
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Acute respiratory infection #22244#
Coronavirus #22355#
Infectious disease #22106#
Post-authorisation surveillance of COVID-19 vaccines #12197#
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