Journal article
Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa
Abstract
We provide two methods for monitoring reinfection trends in routine surveillance data to identify signatures of changes in reinfection risk and apply these approaches to data from South Africa's severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic to date. Although we found no evidence of increased reinfection risk associated with circulation of the Beta (B.1.351) or Delta (B.1.617.2) variants, we did find clear, …
Authors
Pulliam JRC; van Schalkwyk C; Govender N; von Gottberg A; Cohen C; Groome MJ; Dushoff J; Mlisana K; Moultrie H
Journal
Science, Vol. 376, No. 6593,
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date
May 6, 2022
DOI
10.1126/science.abn4947
ISSN
0036-8075