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Severity and inpatient mortality of COVID-19 pneumonia from Beta variant infection: a clinical cohort study in Cape Town, South Africa

2021-11-04

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> The SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant, associated with immune escape and higher transmissibility, drove a more severe second COVID-19 wave in South Africa. Individual patient level characteristics and outcomes with the Beta variant are not well characterized. <h4>Methods</h4> We performed a retrospective cohort study comparing disease severity and inpatient mortality of COVID-19 pneu...

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578fcf7c-12e2-5b66-a6a0-bb985eedc61d
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10.1101/2021.11.04.21265916
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