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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage at Outpatient Testing Site, Berlin, Germany, January–March 2021

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Within 5 weeks in 2021, B.1.1.7 became the dominant severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 lineage at an outpatient testing site in Berlin, Germany. Compared with outpatients with wild-type virus infection, patients with B.1.1.7 had similar cycle threshold values, more frequent sore throat and travel history, and less frequent anosmia/ageusia.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.210845

Authors: Welmoed van Loon, Heike Rössig, Susen Burock, Jörg Hofmann, Julian Bernhardt, Elizabeth Linzbach, Domenika Pettenkofer, Christian Schönfeld, Maximilian Gertler, Joachim Seybold, Tobias Kurth, Frank P. Mockenhaupt

Institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Language: English

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3173819584

FWCI: 0.791

Cites: 15

Cited by: 11

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