Risk of Infection and Hospitalization Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children and Adolescents in New York After the Emergence of the Omicron Variant

Vajeera Dorabawila; Dina Hoefer; Ursula E Bauer; Mary T Bassett; Emily Lutterloh; Eli S Rosenberg

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.7319

Risk of Infection and Hospitalization Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Children and Adolescents in New York After the Emergence of the Omicron Variant

JAMA. 2022 Jun 14;327(22):2242-2244. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.7319.

Authors

Vajeera Dorabawila¹, Dina Hoefer¹, Ursula E Bauer¹, Mary T Bassett¹, Emily Lutterloh¹, Eli S Rosenberg¹

Affiliation

¹ New York State Department of Health, Albany.

Abstract

This database study examines vaccination for COVID-19 among children in New York after the emergence of the Omicron variant, including analysis of case rates and hospitalizations for COVID-19 disease.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19 Vaccines* / therapeutic use
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
COVID-19* / virology
Child
Hospitalization*
Humans
New York / epidemiology
Risk
SARS-CoV-2*
Vaccination
Vaccination Coverage

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

Supplementary concepts

SARS-CoV-2 variants