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. 2022 Jul 9;400(10346):93-96.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00981-3. Epub 2022 Jul 1.

Clinical severity of omicron lineage BA.2 infection compared with BA.1 infection in South Africa

Nicole Wolter  1 , Waasila Jassat  2 ; DATCOV-Gen author group; Anne von Gottberg  3 , Cheryl Cohen  4
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Clinical severity of omicron lineage BA.2 infection compared with BA.1 infection in South Africa

Nicole Wolter et al. Lancet. .
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Number of cases detected, hospital admissions, and percentage of S-gene positive and S-gene target failure (S-gene negative) infections among tests performed on the TaqPath assay by epidemiological week, Dec 5, 2021, to Jan 29, 2022
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  • Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Africa: a data linkage study.
    Wolter N, Jassat W, Walaza S, Welch R, Moultrie H, Groome M, Amoako DG, Everatt J, Bhiman JN, Scheepers C, Tebeila N, Chiwandire N, du Plessis M, Govender N, Ismail A, Glass A, Mlisana K, Stevens W, Treurnicht FK, Makatini Z, Hsiao NY, Parboosing R, Wadula J, Hussey H, Davies MA, Boulle A, von Gottberg A, Cohen C. Wolter N, et al. Lancet. 2022 Jan 29;399(10323):437-446. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00017-4. Epub 2022 Jan 19. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 35065011 Free PMC article.

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