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. 2022 Nov;85(5):e152-e154.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.07.029. Epub 2022 Aug 6.

Infection with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with less severe disease in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Tommaso Francesco Aiello  1 , Pedro Puerta-Alcalde  2 , Mariana Chumbita  2 , Patricia Monzó  2 , Carlos Lopera  2 , Juan Carlos Hurtado  3 , Fernanda Meira  2 , Mar Mosquera  3 , Marta Santos  3 , Mariana Fernandez-Pittol  3 , Josep Mensa  2 , José Antonio Martínez  2 , Alex Soriano  2 , Ma Angeles Marcos  3 , Carolina Garcia-Vidal  4
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Infection with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 is associated with less severe disease in hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Tommaso Francesco Aiello et al. J Infect. 2022 Nov.
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