Epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Emergence in the Southeast Brazilian Population
Evandra Strazza Rodrigues,
Svetoslav Nanev Slavov,
Debora Glenda Lima de La Roque
et al.
Abstract:The aim of this study was to describe epidemiological characteristics and perform SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in the southeastern region of São Paulo State. During the first months of 2022, we compared weekly SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence considering age, Ct value, and variants’ lineages. An increase in the number of SARS-CoV-2-positive cases until the fourth epidemiological week of 2022 was observed. From the fourth epidemiological week onwards, the number of tests for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis began to decr… Show more
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