Kahlert, Christian R; Strahm, Carol; Güsewell, Sabine; Cusini, Alexia; Brucher, Angela; Goppel, Stephan; Möller, Elisabeth; Möller, J Carsten; Ortner, Manuela; Ruetti, Markus; Stocker, Reto; Vuichard-Gysin, Danielle; Besold, Ulrike; McGeer, Allison; Risch, Lorenz; Friedl, Andrée; Schlegel, Matthias; Vernazza, Pietro; Kuster, Stefan P and Kohler, Philipp (2023). Post-acute sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection by viral variant and vaccination status: a multicenter cross-sectional study. Clinical infectious diseases, 77(2), pp. 194-202. Oxford University Press 10.1093/cid/ciad143
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BACKGROUND
Disentangling the effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccination on the occurrence of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) is crucial to estimate and reduce the burden of PASC.
METHODS
We performed a cross-sectional analysis (May/June 2022) within a prospective multicenter healthcare worker (HCW) cohort in North-Eastern Switzerland. HCW were stratified by viral variant and vaccination status at time of their first positive SARS-CoV-2 nasopharyngeal swab. HCW without positive swab and with negative serology served as controls. The sum of eighteen self-reported PASC symptoms was modeled with univariable and multivariable negative-binomial regression to analyse the association of mean symptom number with viral variant and vaccination status.
RESULTS
Among 2'912 participants (median age 44 years, 81.3% female), PASC symptoms were significantly more frequent after wild-type infection (estimated mean symptom number 1.12, p<0.001; median time since infection 18.3 months), after Alpha/Delta infection (0.67 symptoms, p<0.001; 6.5 months), and after Omicron BA.1 infections (0.52 symptoms, p=0.005; 3.1 months) compared to uninfected controls (0.39 symptoms). After Omicron BA.1 infection, the estimated mean symptom number was 0.36 for unvaccinated individuals, compared to 0.71 with 1-2 vaccinations (p=0.028) and 0.49 with ≥3 prior vaccinations (p=0.30). Adjusting for confounders, only wild-type (adjusted rate ratio [aRR] 2.81, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.08-3.83) and Alpha/Delta infection (aRR 1.93, 95% CI 1.10-3.46) were significantly associated with the outcome.
CONCLUSIONS
Previous infection with pre-Omicron variants was the strongest risk factor for PASC symptoms among our HCW. Vaccination prior to Omicron BA.1 infection was not associated with a clear protective effect against PASC symptoms in this population.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Institute of Clinical Chemistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Risch, Lorenz |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1537-6591 |
Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
13 Mar 2023 14:08 |
Last Modified: |
27 Jul 2023 00:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/cid/ciad143 |
PubMed ID: |
36905145 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Long-COVID Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 healthcare workers vaccination viral variant |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/179910 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/179910 |
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