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COVID Infections Breakthrough Post-Vaccination: Systematic Review
Syed Amaan Ali1, Shyamalima Bhattacharyya2, Faisal Noor Ahmad3
1Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, UP, India.
Introduction:
Many new variants of the coronavirus are infecting the already vaccinated people. There have been reports of deaths also among the already vaccinated subjects. Hence, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the infection breakthrough after COVID vaccination.
Materials And Methods:
We piloted a review of the healthcare workers who completed the vaccination for COVID. The data were collected from the online resources for the breakthrough infections after vaccination. We then enumerated those subjects who had a breakthrough infection post-vaccination. The data collected were meta-analyzed for the incidence of the infection among the vaccinated individuals.
Results:
We observed that among nearly 2.3 lakh subjects, less than 3% were infected with the various new strains of the virus. The ratio of the breakthrough infection was different for the vaccinated (1.2%) and the partially vaccinated (3.2%) individuals with greater infection among the partially infected individuals.
Discussion:
The breakthrough infections are very low among vaccinated individuals and even lower among fully vaccinated individuals. Hence, vaccination is highly recommended to prevent the loss of life.
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