Hospitalization and Mortality Risk for COVID-19 Cases With SARS-CoV-2 AY.4.2 (VUI-21OCT-01) Compared to Non-AY.4.2 Delta Variant Sublineages

© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America..

To investigate if the AY.4.2 sublineage of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant is associated with hospitalization and mortality risks that differ from non-AY.4.2 delta risks, we performed a retrospective cohort study of sequencing-confirmed COVID-19 cases in England based on linkage of routine health care datasets. Using stratified Cox regression, we estimated adjusted hazard ratios (aHR) of hospital admission (aHR = 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], .77-.94), hospital admission or emergency care attendance (aHR = 0.87; 95% CI, .81-.94), and COVID-19 mortality (aHR = 0.85; 95% CI, .71-1.03). The results indicate that the risks of hospitalization and mortality are similar or lower for AY.4.2 compared to cases with other delta sublineages.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:226

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infectious diseases - 226(2022), 5 vom: 13. Sept., Seite 808-811

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nyberg, Tommy [VerfasserIn]
Harman, Katie [VerfasserIn]
Zaidi, Asad [VerfasserIn]
Seaman, Shaun R [VerfasserIn]
Andrews, Nick [VerfasserIn]
Nash, Sophie G [VerfasserIn]
Charlett, Andre [VerfasserIn]
Lopez Bernal, Jamie [VerfasserIn]
Myers, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Groves, Natalie [VerfasserIn]
Gallagher, Eileen [VerfasserIn]
Gharbia, Saheer [VerfasserIn]
Chand, Meera [VerfasserIn]
Thelwall, Simon [VerfasserIn]
De Angelis, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Dabrera, Gavin [VerfasserIn]
Presanis, Anne M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AY.4.2
COVID-19
Hospitalization
Journal Article
Mortality
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
VUI-21OCT-01

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Date Completed 15.09.2022

Date Revised 25.09.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiac063

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337160392