About the Authors

Regis Goulart Rosa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

regisgoulartrosa@gmail.com

Affiliations Social Responsibility Unit, Hospital Moinhos de Vento (HMV), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Research Unit, Inova Medical, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Julia Spinardi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Kristen E. Allen

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Josélia Manfio

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute, HMV, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Cintia Laura Pereira de Araujo

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute, HMV, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Mírian Cohen

Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Institute, HMV, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Caroline Cabral Robinson

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Unit, Inova Medical, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Daniel Sganzerla

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unimed, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Diogo Ferreira

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Otus Solutions, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Emanuel Maltempi de Souza

Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Daniela Fiori Gradia

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Ana Paula Carneiro Brandalize

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Gabriela Almeida Kucharski

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Toledo, Toledo, PR, Brazil

Fernando Pedrotti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Toledo, Toledo, PR, Brazil

Cristina de Oliveira Rodrigues

Roles Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Moe H. Kyaw

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Graciela del Carmen Morales Castillo

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Amit Srivastava

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

John M. McLaughlin

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pfizer, Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs–Emerging Markets, Collegeville, PA, United States of America

Maicon Falavigna

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Social Responsibility Unit, Hospital Moinhos de Vento (HMV), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Research Unit, Inova Medical, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Regis Goulart Rosa: has received honoraria related to investigator activities of the present study, research grants from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and Pfizer for COVID-19 studies, and honoraria for lectures from Novartis. Júlia Regazzini Spinardi: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. Kristen Allen: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. Josélia Manfio: is Moinhos de Vento employee Cintia Laura Pereira de Araujo: is Moinhos de Vento employee Mírian Cohen: is Moinhos de Vento employee and has received research grants from Medicago. Caroline Cabral Robinson: is Moinhos de Vento employee Daniel Sganzerla: has received honoraria related to statistical analysis activities of the present study. Diogo Rosas Ferreira: has received honoraria related to data managing activities of the present study. Emanuel Maltempi de Souza: has received supply of resources to perform SARS-COV-2 variant genotyping procedures of the present study. Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira: has received supply of resources to perform SARS-COV-2 variant genotyping procedures of the present study. Daniela Fiori Gradia: has received supply of resources to perform SARS-COV-2 variant genotyping procedures of the present study. Ana Paula Carneiro Brandalize: has received supply of resources to perform SARS-COV-2 variant genotyping procedures of the present study. Gabriela Almeida Kucharski: has no competing interests Fernando Pedrotti: has no competing interests Cristina de Oliveira Rodrigues: has received supply of resources to perform SARS-COV-2 variant genotyping procedures of the present study. Moe H. Kyaw: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. Graciela del Carmen Morales Castillo: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. Amit K. Srivastava: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. John M McLaughlin: is Pfizer employee and owns Pfizer stocks. Maicon Falavigna: has received honoraria related to investigator activities of the present study, consulting fees from Sanofi, Ultragenyx, Novartis, Alnylam, PTC and JCR, honoraria for lectures from Janssen, Abbvie, Sanofi, Roche, Pfizer and Novartis, and Payment for expert testimony from Merck Sharp & Dohme. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.