Off-label prescription of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to

. 2023 Feb;112(2):183-185.

doi: 10.1111/apa.16442. Epub 2022 Jun 26.

Off-label prescription of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to <5-year-old children in the European Union

Rafael Dal-Ré¹, Cristina Calvo^{2

3}, Olaf Neth^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology Unit, Health Research Institute-Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz Foundation, Madrid, Spain.
³ CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
⁵ IBiS, Sevilla, Spain.

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. 2023 Feb;112(2):183-185.

doi: 10.1111/apa.16442. Epub 2022 Jun 26.

Rafael Dal-Ré¹, Cristina Calvo^{2

3}, Olaf Neth^{4

5}

¹ Epidemiology Unit, Health Research Institute-Fundación Jiménez Díaz University Hospital, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department, La Paz University Hospital, IdiPaz Foundation, Madrid, Spain.
³ CIBERINFEC, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology Unit, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla/CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
⁵ IBiS, Sevilla, Spain.

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Calvo and Neth are sub‐investigators in a clinical trial of the Janssen COVID‐19 vaccine in adolescents. Dal‐Ré has no interest to declare.

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