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High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa

Author(s) -

Nigel Garrett,

Asa Tapley,

Jessica Andriesen,

Ishen Seocharan,

Leigh H. Fisher,

Lisa Bunts,

Nicole Espy,

Carole L. Wallis,

April Randhawa,

Maurine D. Miner,

Nzeera Ketter,

Margaret Yacovone,

Ameena Goga,

Yunda Huang,

John Hural,

Philip Kotze,

LindaGail Bekker,

Glenda Gray,

Lawrence Corey,

Khatija Ahmed,

Sharlaa BadalFaesen,

Shaun Barnabas,

William Brumskine,

Kim Comline,

Andreas Diacon,

Thozama Dubula,

Katherine Gill,

Coert Grobbelaar,

Craig Innes,

Sheetal Kassim,

Sheena Kotze,

Erica Lazarus,

Johannes Lombaard,

Angelique Kany Kany Luabeya,

Rebone Maboa,

Scott Mahoney,

Disebo Mahkaza,

Moelo Malahleha,

Daniel Malan,

Kathryn Mngadi,

Nivashnee Naicker,

Vimla Naicker,

Logashvari Naidoo,

Maphoshane Nchabeleng,

Mohammed Rassool,

Elizabeth Spooner,

Hugo Tempelman,

Nyaradzo Mgodi,

Sufia Dadabhai,

Joe Makhema,

Harriet NuwagabaBiribonwoha,

Taraz Samandari,

Peter Elyanu,

Roma Chilengi,

Zvavahera M. Chirenje,

M. Juliana McElrath,

M.S. Cohen,

James G. Kublin,

Peter B. Gilbert,

Melissa Peda,

Erica AndersenNissen,

Guido Ferrari,

Manuel Villarán,

Azwidihwi Takalani,

Marianne Gildea,

Michelle Nebergall,

Carrie Sopher,

Lori Proulx-Burns,

D Govender,

Lisa J. Sanders,

Jen Hanke,

Kagisho Baepanye,

Bert Le Roux,

Haven Wilvich,

Smitha Sripathy,

Daciana Margineantu,

Valerie Brown,

Kim Linton,

Haley Howell,

Bianca Noronha,

Sarah Nikles,

Alicia Y. Toledano,

Jeanine May,

Jill El-Khorazaty,

Keshani Naidoo,

Kentse Khuto,

Fatima Mayat,

Lara Fairall,

Ian Sanne

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciac237

Subject(s) - carriage , asymptomatic , medicine , covid-19 , odds ratio , virology , odds , coronavirus , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , logistic regression

We report a 23% asymptomatic SARS CoV-2 Omicron carriage rate in participants being enrolled into a clinical trial in South Africa, 15-fold higher than in trials before Omicron. We also found lower CD4 + T-cell counts in persons with HIV strongly correlated with increased odds of being SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive.

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