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. 2021 Jul;83(1):e14-e15.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.05.008. Epub 2021 May 13.

Mortality risk in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 of the lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK

Chia Siang Kow  1 , Hamid A Merchant  2 , Syed Shahzad Hasan  3
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Mortality risk in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 of the lineage B.1.1.7 in the UK

Chia Siang Kow et al. J Infect. 2021 Jul.
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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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Pooled hazard ratio for mortality in patients with COVID-19 infected with SARS-CoV-2 of the lineage B.1.1.7 compared to those infected with other variants.
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