Increased risk of severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant infection: a multicentre matched cohort study

Increased risk of severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant infection: a multicentre matched cohort study

Abstract Background The impact of the variant of concern (VOC) Alpha on the severity of COVID-19 has been debated. We report our analysis in France. Methods We conducted an exposed/unexposed cohort study with retrospective data collection, comparing patients infected by VOC Alpha to contemporaneous...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Martin-Blondel, François-Xavier Lescure, Lambert Assoumou, Charlotte Charpentier, Jean-Marc Chapplain, Thomas Perpoint, Gaspard Grouteau, Hugues Cordel, Gilles Pialoux, Jérome Pacanowski, Michael Thy, Adeline Bauvois, Didier Laureillard, Fadia Hamrouni, Michèle Algarte-Genin, Julien Poissy, Diane Descamps, Dominique Costagliola, for the CoCliCo Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Variant of concern Alpha
Severity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07508-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07508-x

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