Epidemiology of Infections with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 Variant, Hong Kong, January–March 2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mefsin, Yonatan M. ; Chen, Dongxuan ; Bond, Helen S. ; Lin, Yun ; Cheung, Justin K. ; Wong, Jessica Y. ; Ali, Sheikh Taslim ; Lau, Eric H.Y. ; Wu, Peng ; Leung, Gabriel M. ; Cowling, Benjamin J.
• Description:
  Our analysis of data collected from multiple epidemics in Hong Kong indicated a shorter serial interval and generation time of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The age-specific case-fatality risk for Omicron BA.2.2 case-patients without complete primary vaccination was comparable to that of persons infected with ancestral strains in earlier waves.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19 Disease Outbreaks Humans SARS-COV-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(9):1856-1858
• Pubmed ID:
  35914518
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9423929
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Hong Kong
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a95a175a24a5296be4e61bd8571c733a617cc26acce999fa9ead1e2463736780
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/121056/cdc_121056_DS1.pdf
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