Article
Severity, criticality, and fatality of the SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant
2021-08-04
Abstract excerpt
Severity (acute-care hospitalization), criticality (ICU hospitalization), and fatality of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant was investigated through case-control studies applied to complete national cohorts of infection, disease, and death cases in Qatar. Compared to Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant, odds of progressing to severe disease were 1.24-fold (95% CI: 1.11-1.39) higher for Beta. Odds of progressing to critical di...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1cad5f5f-af89-5b95-b055-b4118888050b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.08.02.21261465
