Nature Communications (Jul 2022)
Dynamics of competing SARS-CoV-2 variants during the Omicron epidemic in England
- Oliver Eales,
- Leonardo de Oliveira Martins,
- Andrew J. Page,
- Haowei Wang,
- Barbara Bodinier,
- David Tang,
- David Haw,
- Jakob Jonnerby,
- Christina Atchison,
- Deborah Ashby,
- Wendy Barclay,
- Graham Taylor,
- Graham Cooke,
- Helen Ward,
- Ara Darzi,
- Steven Riley,
- Paul Elliott,
- Christl A. Donnelly,
- Marc Chadeau-Hyam
Affiliations
- Oliver Eales
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Leonardo de Oliveira Martins
- Quadram Institute
- Andrew J. Page
- Quadram Institute
- Haowei Wang
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Barbara Bodinier
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- David Tang
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- David Haw
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Jakob Jonnerby
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Christina Atchison
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Deborah Ashby
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Wendy Barclay
- Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
- Graham Taylor
- Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
- Graham Cooke
- Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London
- Helen Ward
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Ara Darzi
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Steven Riley
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Paul Elliott
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Christl A. Donnelly
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Marc Chadeau-Hyam
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32096-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
This study presents data from the REACT-1 SARS-CoV-2 community sampling study in England from November 2021 to March 2022. They show that the Omicron variant peaked in January with a prevalence of ~7% and that the BA.2 sublineage had a 1.5x higher reproduction number compared to other Omicron sublineages.
