Predicting the efficacy of variant-modified COVID-19 vaccine boosters

As a result of the emergence and circulation of antigenically distinct SARS-CoV-2 variants, a number of variant-modified COVID-19 vaccines have been developed. Here we perform a meta-analysis of the available data on neutralisation titres from clinical studies comparing booster vaccination with either the current ancestral-based vaccines or variant-modified vaccines. We then use this to predict the relative efficacies of these booster vaccines under different scenarios.

Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.08.25.22279237v1