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Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England

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Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England. / Elliott, Paul; Eales, Oliver; Steyn, Nicholas et al.
In: Science, Vol. 376, No. 6600, abq4411, 24.06.2022.

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Elliott, P, Eales, O, Steyn, N, Tang, D, Bodinier, B, Wang, H, Elliott, J, Whitaker, M, Atchison, C, Diggle, PJ, Page, AJ, Trotter, AJ, Ashby, D, Barclay, W, Taylor, G, Ward, H, Darzi, A, Cooke, GS, Donnelly, CA & Chadeau-Hyam, M 2022, 'Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England', Science, vol. 376, no. 6600, abq4411. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4411

APA

Elliott, P., Eales, O., Steyn, N., Tang, D., Bodinier, B., Wang, H., Elliott, J., Whitaker, M., Atchison, C., Diggle, P. J., Page, A. J., Trotter, A. J., Ashby, D., Barclay, W., Taylor, G., Ward, H., Darzi, A., Cooke, G. S., Donnelly, C. A., & Chadeau-Hyam, M. (2022). Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England. Science, 376(6600), Article abq4411. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4411

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Elliott P, Eales O, Steyn N, Tang D, Bodinier B, Wang H et al. Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England. Science. 2022 Jun 24;376(6600):abq4411. Epub 2022 May 24. doi: 10.1126/science.abq4411

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Elliott, Paul ; Eales, Oliver ; Steyn, Nicholas et al. / Twin peaks : The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England. In: Science. 2022 ; Vol. 376, No. 6600.

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title = "Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England",
abstract = "Rapid transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant has led to record-breaking incidence rates around the world. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study has tracked SARS-CoV-2 infection in England using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results from self-administered throat and nose swabs from randomly selected participants aged 5+ years, approximately monthly from May 2020 to March 2022. Weighted prevalence in March 2022 was the highest recorded in REACT-1 at 6.37% (N=109,181) with Omicron BA.2 largely replacing BA.1. Prevalence was increasing overall with the greatest increase in those aged 65-74 and 75+ years. This was associated with increased hospitalizations and deaths but at much lower levels than in previous waves against a backdrop of high levels of vaccination.",
author = "Paul Elliott and Oliver Eales and Nicholas Steyn and David Tang and Barbara Bodinier and Haowei Wang and Joshua Elliott and Matthew Whitaker and Christina Atchison and Diggle, {Peter J.} and Page, {Andrew J.} and Trotter, {Alexander J.} and Deborah Ashby and Wendy Barclay and Graham Taylor and Helen Ward and Ara Darzi and Cooke, {Graham S.} and Donnelly, {Christl A.} and Marc Chadeau-Hyam",
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RIS

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AU - Elliott, Paul

AU - Eales, Oliver

AU - Steyn, Nicholas

AU - Tang, David

AU - Bodinier, Barbara

AU - Wang, Haowei

AU - Elliott, Joshua

AU - Whitaker, Matthew

AU - Atchison, Christina

AU - Diggle, Peter J.

AU - Page, Andrew J.

AU - Trotter, Alexander J.

AU - Ashby, Deborah

AU - Barclay, Wendy

AU - Taylor, Graham

AU - Ward, Helen

AU - Darzi, Ara

AU - Cooke, Graham S.

AU - Donnelly, Christl A.

AU - Chadeau-Hyam, Marc

PY - 2022/6/24

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N2 - Rapid transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant has led to record-breaking incidence rates around the world. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study has tracked SARS-CoV-2 infection in England using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results from self-administered throat and nose swabs from randomly selected participants aged 5+ years, approximately monthly from May 2020 to March 2022. Weighted prevalence in March 2022 was the highest recorded in REACT-1 at 6.37% (N=109,181) with Omicron BA.2 largely replacing BA.1. Prevalence was increasing overall with the greatest increase in those aged 65-74 and 75+ years. This was associated with increased hospitalizations and deaths but at much lower levels than in previous waves against a backdrop of high levels of vaccination.

AB - Rapid transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant has led to record-breaking incidence rates around the world. The REal-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study has tracked SARS-CoV-2 infection in England using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results from self-administered throat and nose swabs from randomly selected participants aged 5+ years, approximately monthly from May 2020 to March 2022. Weighted prevalence in March 2022 was the highest recorded in REACT-1 at 6.37% (N=109,181) with Omicron BA.2 largely replacing BA.1. Prevalence was increasing overall with the greatest increase in those aged 65-74 and 75+ years. This was associated with increased hospitalizations and deaths but at much lower levels than in previous waves against a backdrop of high levels of vaccination.

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DO - 10.1126/science.abq4411

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