Transmissibility of the variant of concern for SARS-CoV-2 in six regions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Differences in transmissibility of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) in different districts are hard to assess. To address this, our study focused on calculating the Real-time reproduction number (R _t ) for these variants in different regions.

Methods

According to the criteria defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), the global landscape was categorized into six distinct regions. In each region, the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant was first identified based on the proportion of variant sequencing analysis results. Then, using serial interval (SI) parameters, we calculated R _t for the relevant Variant of Concern (VOC) in each region. This approach enabled

SUBMITTER: Wei H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11168441 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature