Spatiotemporal characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta wave in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT: We constructed county-level models to examine properties of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant wave of infections in North Carolina and assessed immunity levels (via prior infection, via vaccination, and overall) prior to the Delta wave. To understand how prior immunity shaped Delta wave outcomes, we assessed relationships among these characteristics. Peak weekly infection rate and total percent of the population infected during the Delta wave were negatively correlated with the proportion of people with vaccine-derived immunity prior to the Delta Wave, signaling that places with higher vaccine uptake had better outcomes. We observed a positive correlation between immunity via infection prior to Delta and percent of the population infected during the Delta wave, meaning that counties

SUBMITTER: Pang CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838034 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature