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

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作者
Sigal, Alex [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ]
Milo, Ron [5 ]
Jassat, Waasila [6 ,7 ]
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[1] Africa Hlth Res Inst, Durban, South Africa
[2] Univ KwaZulu Natal, Sch Lab Med & Med Sci, Durban, South Africa
[3] Max Planck Inst Infect Biol, Berlin, Germany
[4] Ctr AIDS Programme Res South Africa, Durban, South Africa
[5] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Plant & Environm Sci, Rehovot, Israel
[6] Natl Hlth Lab Serv, Natl Inst Communicable Dis, Div Publ Hlth Surveillance & Response, Johannesburg, South Africa
[7] Right Care, Centurion, South Africa
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10.1038/s41577-022-00720-5
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
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?
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