Risk of hospital admission for patients with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7: cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the relation between diagnosis of covid-19 with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 (also known as variant of concern 202012/01) and the risk of hospital admission compared with diagnosis with wild-type SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Community based SARS-CoV-2 testing in England, individually linked with hospital admission data.

Participants

839 278 patients with laboratory confirmed covid-19, of whom 36 233 had been admitted to hospital within 14 days, tested between 23 November 2020 and 31 January 2021 and analysed at a laboratory with an available TaqPath assay that enables assessment of S-gene target failure (SGTF), a proxy test for the B.1.1.7 variant. Patient data were stratified by age, sex, ethnicity, dep

SUBMITTER: Nyberg T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204098 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature