Comparison of the clinical and virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1/BA.2 and omicron BA.5 variants: A prospective cohort study

  • Sung Woon Kang
  • , Heedo Park
  • , Ji Yeun Kim
  • , So Yun Lim
  • , Sohyun Lee
  • , Joon Yong Bae
  • , Jeonghun Kim
  • , Euijin Chang
  • , Seongman Bae
  • , Jiwon Jung
  • , Min Jae Kim
  • , Yong Pil Chong
  • , Sang Oh Lee
  • , Sang Ho Choi
  • , Yang Soo Kim
  • , Man Seong Park*
  • , Sung Han Kim
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e148-e151
JournalJournal of Infection
Volume86
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 May

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the contributions of healthcare workers from Asan Medical Center.

Funding Information:
This study was supported by grants from the research fund donation for COVID-19 research to Asan Medical Center by Kyu-Kang Cho, the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), which is funded by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Republic of Korea (grant No. HD22C2045), and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (NRF-2022M3A9I2017241).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Infection dynamic
  • Isolation policy
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Viral shedding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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