The Clinical Severity of COVID-19 Variants of Concern: Retrospective Population-Based Analysis

• Main Authors: Sean P Harrigan (Author), Héctor A Velásquez García (Author), Younathan Abdia (Author), James Wilton (Author), Natalie Prystajecky (Author), John Tyson (Author), Chris Fjell (Author), Linda Hoang (Author), Jeffrey C Kwong (Author), Sharmistha Mishra (Author), Linwei Wang (Author), Beate Sander (Author), Naveed Z Janjua (Author), Hind Sbihi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundSARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) emerged and rapidly replaced the original strain worldwide. The increased transmissibility of these new variants led to increases in infections, hospitalizations, and mortality. However, there is a scarcity of retrospective investigations examining the...