Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2023
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.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Ralph C,; Gottlieb, Michael; Montoy, Juan Carlos C.; Rodriguez, Robert M.; Yu, Huihui; Spatz, Erica S.; Chandler, Christopher W.; Elmore, Joann G.; Hannikainen, Paavali A.; Chang, Anna Marie; Hill, Mandy; Huebinger, Ryan M.; Idris, Ahamed H.; Koo, Katherine; Li, Shu-Xia; McDonald, Samuel; Nichol, Graham; O'Laughlin, Kelli N.; Plumb, Ian D.; Santangelo, Michelle; Saydah, Sharon; Stephens, Kari A.; Venkatesh, Arjun K.; and Weinstein, Robert A., "Association Between SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Frequency of Acute Symptoms: Analysis of a Multi-institutional Prospective Cohort Study-December 20, 2020-June 20, 2022." (2023). Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 227.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/emfp/227
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PubMed ID
37426947
Language
English
Comments
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.