Implications for future pandemics from a living systematic review and critical evaluation of observational studies of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against the Omicron variant

Fatema Kazi, Chin Yang Shapland, Francesca Spiga, Gemma Villanueva, Rosie P. Cornish, Nicholas Henschke, Elise Cogo, Meghan Sebastianski, Mohsen Aarabi, Hanna Bergman, Brian Buckley, Gemma L. Clayton, Clare E. French, James Liu, Paul Madley-Dowd, Ferruccio Pelone, Jennifer Petkovic, Katrin Probyn, Rosella Saulle, Jelena Savović, Rebecca Wilson, Charles R. Beck, Julian P.T. Higgins

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DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993
Published: 2026-09
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993,
  title = {Implications for future pandemics from a living systematic review and critical evaluation of observational studies of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against the Omicron variant},
  author = {Fatema Kazi and Chin Yang Shapland and Francesca Spiga and Gemma Villanueva and Rosie P. Cornish and Nicholas Henschke and Elise Cogo and Meghan Sebastianski and Mohsen Aarabi and Hanna Bergman and Brian Buckley and Gemma L. Clayton and Clare E. French and James Liu and Paul Madley-Dowd and Ferruccio Pelone and Jennifer Petkovic and Katrin Probyn and Rosella Saulle and Jelena Savović and Rebecca Wilson and Charles R. Beck and Julian P.T. Higgins},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Vaccine},
  doi = {10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Implications for future pandemics from a living systematic review and critical evaluation of observational studies of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against the Omicron variant
AU  - Fatema Kazi
AU  - Chin Yang Shapland
AU  - Francesca Spiga
AU  - Gemma Villanueva
AU  - Rosie P. Cornish
AU  - Nicholas Henschke
AU  - Elise Cogo
AU  - Meghan Sebastianski
AU  - Mohsen Aarabi
AU  - Hanna Bergman
AU  - Brian Buckley
AU  - Gemma L. Clayton
AU  - Clare E. French
AU  - James Liu
AU  - Paul Madley-Dowd
AU  - Ferruccio Pelone
AU  - Jennifer Petkovic
AU  - Katrin Probyn
AU  - Rosella Saulle
AU  - Jelena Savović
AU  - Rebecca Wilson
AU  - Charles R. Beck
AU  - Julian P.T. Higgins
PY  - 2026
JO  - Vaccine
DO  - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993
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Kazi, F., Shapland, C. Y., Spiga, F., Villanueva, G., Cornish, R. P., Henschke, N., Cogo, E., Sebastianski, M., Aarabi, M., Bergman, H., Buckley, B., Clayton, G. L., French, C. E., Liu, J., Madley-Dowd, P., Pelone, F., Petkovic, J., Probyn, K., Saulle, R., Savović, J., Wilson, R., Beck, C. R., & Higgins, J. P. (2026). Implications for future pandemics from a living systematic review and critical evaluation of observational studies of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination against the Omicron variant. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2026.128993

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