Clinical characteristics of the Omicron variant - results from a Nationwide Symptoms Survey in the Faroe Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Omicron appears to lead to a milder illness for patients compared with previous COVID-19 variants. However, not all infected with Omicron would describe their illness as mild. In this study, we investigate the experienced severity and symptoms of the Omicron variant.

Methods

We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study, including 5036 individuals of all ages, consisting of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases from 1 January to 31 January 2022 (n = 4506) and a control group without SARS-COV-2 infection in December 2021 or January 2022 (n = 530). Omicron was dominant during this period. Cases were asked about their acute symptoms and answered a web-based questionnaire 10-30 days after their positive test while controls were a

SUBMITTER: Petersen MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9303132 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature