Communications Medicine (Feb 2023)

Lung tropism in hospitalized patients following infection with SARS-CoV-2 variants from D614G to Omicron BA.2

  • Yosuke Hirotsu,
  • Yumiko Kakizaki,
  • Akitoshi Saito,
  • Toshiharu Tsutsui,
  • Syunya Hanawa,
  • Haruna Yamaki,
  • Syuichiro Ide,
  • Makoto Kawaguchi,
  • Hiroaki Kobayashi,
  • Yoshihiro Miyashita,
  • Masao Omata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00261-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Hirotsu, Kakizaki et al. assess the presence of pneumonia and pathogenesis during infection with different SARS-CoV-2 variants. The prevalence of pneumonia differs depending on the infectious variant, with the lowest prevalence and mild lung pathogenesis following infection with BA.2.