High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa.
Clin Infect Dis
; 75(1): e289-e292, 2022 08 24.
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| ID: mdl-35353885
ABSTRACT
We report a 23% asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) Omicron carriage rate in participants being enrolled into a clinical trial in South Africa, 15-fold higher than in trials before Omicron. We also found lower CD4â
+â
T-cell counts in persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strongly correlated with increased odds of being SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive.
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Assunto principal:
SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article