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Rates of Hospitalization and Death due to COVID-19 in US Veterans With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the XBB-, JN.1-, and KP-Predominant Eras

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Between September 2023 and October 2024, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 evolved through 3 variant-predominant eras: XBB, JN.1, and KP. Among 130 263 Department of Veterans Affairs patients with coronavirus disease 2019, hospitalization odds declined for JN.1 (0.81; 95% CI, 0.74-0.89) and KP (0.80; 95% CI, 0.72-0.88) compared with XBB, with consistently low in-hospital death rates across all eras.

Source: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf115

Authors: Taeyoung Choi, Yan Xie, Ziyad Al-Aly

Institutions: VA St. Louis Health Care System, Washington University in St. Louis

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: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,053