Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2023

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This article is the author’s final published version in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2023, Article number ofad275.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad275. Copyright © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Abstract

Background: While prior work examining severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern focused on hospitalization and death, less is known about differences in clinical presentation. We compared the prevalence of acute symptoms across pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron.

Methods: We conducted an analysis of the Innovative Support for Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infections Registry (INSPIRE), a cohort study enrolling symptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive participants. We determined the association between the pre-Delta, Delta, and Omicron time periods and the prevalence of 21 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acute symptoms.

Results: We enrolled 4113 participants from December 2020 to June 2022. Pre-Delta vs Delta vs Omicron participants had increasing sore throat (40.9%, 54.6%, 70.6%;

Conclusions: Participants infected during Omicron were more likely to report symptoms of common respiratory viruses, such as sore throat, and less likely to report loss of smell and taste.

Trial Registration: NCT04610515.

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PubMed ID

37426947

Language

English

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