CHARACTERISTICS OF SARS-COV-2 VARIANTS OF CONCERN B.1.1.7, B.1.351 OR P.1: DATA FROM SEVEN EU/EEA COUNTRIES, WEEKS 38/2020 TO 10/2021

Authors    Funk T, Pharris A, Spiteri G, ..., on behalf of COVID study groups (Severini S)

Abstract   We compared 19,207 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7/S gene target failure (SGTF), 436 B.1.351 and 352 P.1 to non-variant cases reported by seven European countries. COVID-19 cases with these variants had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for hospitalisation (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 1.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.0-2.9; B.1.351: 3.6, 95% CI: 2.1-6.2; P.1: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.4-4.8) and B.1.1.7/SGTF and P.1 cases also for intensive care admission (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.4-3.5; P.1: 2.2, 95% CI: 1.7-2.8).

Publish Date     2021

Volume    26 (16)

ISSN        1560-7917

DOI          doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.16.2100348

URL          https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.16.2100348 

Journal    Eurosurveillance

Pages      art. n. 2100348

PMID       33890566