Safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among the elderly in the real world

VernacularTitle:真实世界老年人群新型冠状病毒疫苗的安全性和有效性
Author: Xu CHEN ¹ ; Lingxian QIU ; Xiaohui LIU ; Yingying SU ; Huakun LYU
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1. 厦门大学公共卫生学院分子疫苗学和分子诊断学国家重点实验室，国家传染病诊断试剂与疫苗工程技术研究中心，厦门　361102
Keywords: The elderly; Real world; COVID-19 vaccine; Safety; Effectiveness
From: Chinese Journal of Microbiology and Immunology 2024;44(7):646-652
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The elderly are prone to develop severe disease or die after infection with SARS-CoV-2, and inoculation of COVID-19 vaccine is of great significance to reduce the serious case and death. Several COVID-19 vaccines have been administered and demonstrated their safety and effectiveness in the real world. This review summarizes the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in the real-world studies, especially the rare adverse reactions associated with vaccine and protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death in different epidemiological contexts.