Estimating disease severity of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to cause milder disease in adults but lead to increased hospital admissions in children. How can we compare disease severity in Omicron and Delta infections, and how should differences be interpreted?

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Autores principales: Sigal, Alex, Milo, Ron, Jassat, Waasila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9002222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35414124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00720-5
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Sumario:The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to cause milder disease in adults but lead to increased hospital admissions in children. How can we compare disease severity in Omicron and Delta infections, and how should differences be interpreted?

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