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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 28;28(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2803.211993. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiology of COVID-19 after Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant, Brazilian Amazon, 2020-2021
Vanessa C Nicolete, Priscila T Rodrigues, Anderson R J Fernandes, Rodrigo M Corder, Juliana Tonini, Lewis F Buss, Flávia C Sales, Nuno R Faria, Ester C Sabino, Marcia C Castro, Marcelo U Ferreira
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gamma variant has been hypothesized to cause more severe illness than previous variants, especially in children. Successive SARS-CoV-2 IgG serosurveys in the Brazilian Amazon showed that age-specific attack rates and proportions of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections were similar before and after Gamma variant emergence.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Amazon; Brazil; COVID-19; Gamma variant; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; seroprevalence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Dec 28;28(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2803.211993. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiology of COVID-19 after Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant, Brazilian Amazon, 2020-2021
Vanessa C Nicolete, Priscila T Rodrigues, Anderson R J Fernandes, Rodrigo M Corder, Juliana Tonini, Lewis F Buss, Flávia C Sales, Nuno R Faria, Ester C Sabino, Marcia C Castro, Marcelo U Ferreira
- PMID: 34963505
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2803.211993
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Gamma variant has been hypothesized to cause more severe illness than previous variants, especially in children. Successive SARS-CoV-2 IgG serosurveys in the Brazilian Amazon showed that age-specific attack rates and proportions of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections were similar before and after Gamma variant emergence.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Amazon; Brazil; COVID-19; Gamma variant; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; seroprevalence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.