Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7, B.1.351 or P.1: data from seven EU/EEA countries, weeks 38/2020 to 10/2021

We compared 19,207 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7/S gene target failure (SGTF), 436 B.1.351 and 352 P.1 to non-variant cases reported by seven European countries. COVID-19 cases with these variants had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for hospitalisation (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 1.7, 95% confide...

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Published in:	Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 26; no. 16; p. 1
Main Authors:	Funk, Tjede, Pharris, Anastasia, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Bundle, Nick, Melidou, Angeliki, Carr, Michael, Gonzalez, Gabriel, Garcia-Leon, Alejandro, Crispie, Fiona, O'Connor, Lois, Murphy, Niamh, Mossong, Joël, Vergison, Anne, Wienecke-Baldacchino, Anke K, Abdelrahman, Tamir, Riccardo, Flavia, Stefanelli, Paola, Di Martino, Angela, Bella, Antonino, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Casaca, Pedro, Moreno, Joana, Borges, Vítor, Isidro, Joana, Ferreira, Rita, Gomes, João Paulo, Dotsenko, Liidia, Suija, Heleene, Epstein, Jevgenia, Sadikova, Olga, Sepp, Hanna, Ikonen, Niina, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita, Blomqvist, Soile, Möttönen, Teemu, Helve, Otto, Gomes-Dias, Joana, Adlhoch, Cornelia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 22-04-2021 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Subjects:	Antibodies COVID-19 Critical Care Epidemiology Europe - epidemiology Humans Public health Rapid Communication SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Studies Europe COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 surveillance variants of concern Europe
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Summary:	We compared 19,207 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7/S gene target failure (SGTF), 436 B.1.351 and 352 P.1 to non-variant cases reported by seven European countries. COVID-19 cases with these variants had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for hospitalisation (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 1.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.0-2.9; B.1.351: 3.6, 95% CI: 2.1-6.2; P.1: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.4-4.8) and B.1.1.7/SGTF and P.1 cases also for intensive care admission (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.4-3.5; P.1: 2.2, 95% CI: 1.7-2.8).
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Correspondence: Cornelia Adlhoch (cornelia.adlhoch@ecdc.europa.eu)
ISSN:	1560-7917 1025-496X 1560-7917
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.16.2100348