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Omicron BA.2 causes more symptoms and a greater disruption to daily life
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Omicron BA.2 causes more symptoms and a greater disruption to daily life

By Neha Mathur Nov 16 2022 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in the Nature Communications journal, researchers monitored the changing symptom profiles associated with different severe acute respiratory syndrome CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants, especially Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2. Study: Variant-specific symptoms of COVID-19 in a study of 1,542,510 adults in England. Image Credit:...

Will Omicron BA.2 become the next dominant variant?
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Will Omicron BA.2 become the next dominant variant?

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Feb 27 2022 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. The rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Since its emergence in 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has evolved due to multiple genomic mutations. The newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 variants have been classified as...