Open AccessClinical profile of patients infected with suspected SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern, Tamil Nadu, India, December 2021-January 2022
Author(s) -
Mohan Kumar Raju,
Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj,
T. S. Selvavinayagam,
Ashwin Somasundaram,
K Parthipan,
Sivadoss Raju,
R Sabarinathan,
Sudharshini Subramaniam,
Amanda G.A. Rozario,
Sudha D Rani,
E Suganya,
Manoj Murhekar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_312_22
Subject(s) - tamil , covid-19 , virology , medicine , veterinary medicine , traditional medicine , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , philosophy , linguistics
COVID-19 cases have been rising rapidly in countries where the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC), Omicron (B.1.1.529) has been reported. We conducted a study to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients with 'S' gene target failure (SGTF, suspected Omicron). Furthermore, their clinical outcomes with COVID-19 patients with non-SGTF (non-Omicron) were also compared.