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COVID-19 due to the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant compared to B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of SARS-CoV-2: two prospective observational cohort studies

2021-11-26

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<h4>Background</h4> The Delta (B.1.617.2) variant became the predominant UK circulating SARS-CoV-2 strain in May 2021. How Delta infection compares with previous variants is unknown. <h4>Methods</h4> This prospective observational cohort study assessed symptomatic adults participating in the app-based COVID Symptom Study who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 from May 26 to July 1, 2021 (Delta overwhelmingly predomina...

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Literature Corpus work: 72239295-fd93-5c08-9122-e14b31ed4534
DOI: 10.1101/2021.11.24.21266748

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