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SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant: is it really more deadly? A population level observational study

2021-08-18

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<h4>Background</h4> In 2021 a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which came to be called the alpha variant, spread around the world. There were conflicting reports on this COVID-19 variant strain’s potentially increased lethality. In Israel, this strain became predominant in a very short time period. <h4>Methods</h4> COVID-19 mortality and case fatality rates were examined in Israel in terms of weekly and cumulative numbe...

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Literature Corpus work: 3530dd07-56d5-5127-95b4-d16f7e13b0d6
DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.17.21262167

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