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Symptom-Specific Hospital Contacts in 12-18-Year-Olds Vaccinated against COVID-19: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: In this register-based real-life cohort study, changes in symptom-specific hospital contacts among 12-18-year-olds following two doses of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine compared to unvaccinated peers were investigated. Using national register data, vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescents were sex and age-matched each week during the inclusion period from May to September 2021. Symptom-specific hospital contacts covering ICD-10 R diagnoses were assessed before first the vaccine dose and after the second vaccine dose. Taking previous rates of symptom-specific hospital contacts into account, differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescents were found. For some hospital contacts, higher rates were seen among the vaccinated, and for others, higher rates were seen among the unvaccinated. Unspecific cognition symptoms may be important to monitor in vaccinated girls, and likewise for throat and chest pain in vaccinated boys within the first months post-vaccination. In perspective, symptom-specific hospital contacts after vaccination against COVID-19 must be assessed by taking the risk of infection and symptoms following COVID-19 infection into account.

SUBMITTER: Berg SK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10301149 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Symptom-Specific Hospital Contacts in 12-18-Year-Olds Vaccinated against COVID-19: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study.

Berg Selina Kikkenborg SK Wallach-Kildemoes Helle H Rasmussen Line Ryberg LR Nygaard Ulrikka U Birk Nina Marie NM Bundgaard Henning H Ersbøll Annette Kjær AK Thygesen Lau Caspar LC Nielsen Susanne Dam SD Christensen Anne Vinggaard AV

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In this register-based real-life cohort study, changes in symptom-specific hospital contacts among 12-18-year-olds following two doses of the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine compared to unvaccinated peers were investigated. Using national register data, vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescents were sex and age-matched each week during the inclusion period from May to September 2021. Symptom-specific hospital contacts covering ICD-10 R diagnoses were assessed before first the vaccine dose and after the ...[more]

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Symptom-Specific Hospital Contacts in 12-18-Year-Olds Vaccinated against COVID-19: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study.

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Symptom-Specific Hospital Contacts in 12-18-Year-Olds Vaccinated against COVID-19: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study.

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