Estimating disease severity of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections

Alex Sigal; Ron Milo; Waasila Jassat

doi:10.1038/s41577-022-00720-5

Estimating disease severity of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections

Alex Sigal^*, Ron Milo, Waasila Jassat

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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been reported to cause milder disease in adults but lead to increased hospital admissions in children. How can we compare disease severity in Omicron and Delta infections, and how should differences be interpreted?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	267-269
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature reviews. Immunology
Volume	22
Issue number	5
Early online date	12 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00720-5
Publication status	Published - May 2022

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Immunology and Allergy
Immunology

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