Severity of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Belgium

Introduction The pathogenesis of COVID-19 depends on the interplay between host characteristics, viral characteristics and contextual factors. Here, we compare COVID-19 disease severity between hospitalized patients in Belgium infected with the SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 and those infected with previously circulating strains. Methods The study is conducted within a causal framework to study the severity of SARS-CoV-2 variants by merging surveillance registries in Belgium. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (‘exposed’) was compared to infection with previously circulating strains (‘unexposed’) i... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Van Goethem, Nina
Vandromme, Mathil
Van Oyen, Herman
Haarhuis, Freek
Brondeel, Ruben
Catteau, Lucy
André, Emmanuel
Cuypers, Lize
Blot, Koen
Serrien, Ben
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Reihe/Periodikum: PLOS ONE ; volume 17, issue 6, page e0269138 ; ISSN 1932-6203
Verlag/Hrsg.: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27378318
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269138