Significantly lower infection fatality rates associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) infection in children and young people: Active, prospective national surveillance, January-March 2022, England

Erjola Hani; Marta Bertran; Annabel Powell; Hannah Williams; Paul Birrell; Daniela DeAngelis; Mary E. Ramsay; Godwin Oligbu; Shamez N. Ladhani

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.032

Significantly lower infection fatality rates associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) infection in children and young people: Active, prospective national surveillance, January-March 2022, England

Erjola Hani, Marta Bertran, Annabel Powell, Hannah Williams, Paul Birrell, Daniela DeAngelis, Mary E. Ramsay, Godwin Oligbu, Shamez N. Ladhani^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-398
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Infection
Volume	86
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.032
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

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None. We thank Natalie Mensah and Rashmi Malkani for case follow-up and administrative support. We thank all the general practitioners, hospital clinicians, healthcare professionals, coroners, and administrative staff within the NHS and Coroners’ offices for completing questionnaires and providing additional information where needed. We also thank the UKHSA COVID-19 Epidemiology Cell for monitoring fatalities in CYP with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections.

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Hani, E., Bertran, M., Powell, A., Williams, H., Birrell, P., DeAngelis, D., Ramsay, M. E., Oligbu, G., & Ladhani, S. N. (2023). Significantly lower infection fatality rates associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) infection in children and young people: Active, prospective national surveillance, January-March 2022, England. Journal of Infection, 86(4), 397-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2023.01.032

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Significantly lower infection fatality rates associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) infection in children and young people: Active, prospective national surveillance, January-March 2022, England. / Hani, Erjola; Bertran, Marta; Powell, Annabel et al.
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Significantly lower infection fatality rates associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) infection in children and young people: Active, prospective national surveillance, January-March 2022, England

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