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High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa.

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Garrett, N; Tapley, A; Andriesen, J; Seocharan, I; Fisher, LH; Bunts, L; Espy, N; Wallis, CL; Randhawa, AK; Miner, MD; Ketter, N; Yacovone, M ...
Published in: Clin Infect Dis
August 24, 2022

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 CD4 + 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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Clin Infect Dis

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EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

August 24, 2022

Volume

75

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e289 / e292

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • South Africa
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
 

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Garrett, N., Tapley, A., Andriesen, J., Seocharan, I., Fisher, L. H., Bunts, L., … Ubuntu Study Team, . (2022). High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis, 75(1), e289–e292. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac237
Garrett, Nigel, Asa Tapley, Jessica Andriesen, Ishen Seocharan, Leigh H. Fisher, Lisa Bunts, Nicole Espy, et al. “High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa.Clin Infect Dis 75, no. 1 (August 24, 2022): e289–92. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac237.
Garrett N, Tapley A, Andriesen J, Seocharan I, Fisher LH, Bunts L, et al. High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e289–92.
Garrett, Nigel, et al. “High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa.Clin Infect Dis, vol. 75, no. 1, Aug. 2022, pp. e289–92. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/cid/ciac237.
Garrett N, Tapley A, Andriesen J, Seocharan I, Fisher LH, Bunts L, Espy N, Wallis CL, Randhawa AK, Miner MD, Ketter N, Yacovone M, Goga A, Huang Y, Hural J, Kotze P, Bekker LG, Gray GE, Corey L, Ubuntu Study Team. High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 24;75(1):e289–e292.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Infect Dis

DOI

EISSN

1537-6591

Publication Date

August 24, 2022

Volume

75

Issue

1

Start / End Page

e289 / e292

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • South Africa
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Microbiology
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences