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Editorial
. 2022 Apr:158:78-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.01.011. Epub 2022 Jan 29.

Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2: Threat for the elderly?

Vivek P Chavda  1 , Vasso Apostolopoulos  2
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Editorial

Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) of SARS-CoV-2: Threat for the elderly?

Vivek P Chavda et al. Maturitas. 2022 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Elderly; Omicron; SARS-Cov-2; Variant of concern.

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The authors declare they have no competing interests with respect to the authorship and publication of this article.

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(A) Genetic mutations of Omicron (BA.1) and stealth Omicron (BA.2) variant of SARS-CoV-2. Adopted from https://covdb.stanford.edu/page/mutation-viewer/#omicron under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. (B) The schematic diagram showing the spike mutations of five variants of concern (VOCs). Adopted under Creative Commons by 4.0 License from .
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