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. 2022 Oct 1;182(10):1097-1099.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.3351.

COVID-19 Disease Severity in Persons Infected With Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 Sublineages and Association With Vaccination Status

Adeel A Butt  1   2   3 , Soha R Dargham  3   4   5 , Peter Coyle  1 , Hadi M Yassine  1   6 , Abdullatif Al-Khal  1 , Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra  1 , Laith J Abu-Raddad  3   4   5
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COVID-19 Disease Severity in Persons Infected With Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 Sublineages and Association With Vaccination Status

Adeel A Butt et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
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Plain language summary

This retrospective study compares the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection among persons infected with BA.1 and BA.2 sublineages by vaccination status.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Butt reported grants from Gilead Sciences to the institution, outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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