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Acute upper airway disease in children with the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2: a report from the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)
2022-01-30
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background</h4> Reports of SARS-CoV-2 causing laryngotracheobronchitis (commonly known as croup) have been limited to small case series. Early reports suggest the Omicron (B.1.1.529) strain of SARS-CoV-2 (the dominant circulating US strain since the week of 12/25/2021) replicates more efficiently in the conducting airways. This may increase the risk of a croup phenotype in children as they have smaller airway...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 19480c80-e775-5c9f-a342-088a45f8df4b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.01.27.22269865
