Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7, B.1.351 or P.1: data from seven EU/EEA countries, weeks 38/2020 to 10/2021

Author:

Funk Tjede1ORCID,Pharris Anastasia1,Spiteri Gianfranco1,Bundle Nick1,Melidou Angeliki1,Carr Michael23,Gonzalez Gabriel23,Garcia-Leon Alejandro4,Crispie Fiona5,O’Connor Lois6,Murphy Niamh6,Mossong Joël7,Vergison Anne7,Wienecke-Baldacchino Anke K.8,Abdelrahman Tamir8,Riccardo Flavia9,Stefanelli Paola9,Di Martino Angela9,Bella Antonino9,Lo Presti Alessandra9,Casaca Pedro10,Moreno Joana10,Borges Vítor11,Isidro Joana11,Ferreira Rita11,Gomes João Paulo11,Dotsenko Liidia12,Suija Heleene12,Epstein Jevgenia12,Sadikova Olga12,Sepp Hanna12,Ikonen Niina13,Savolainen-Kopra Carita13,Blomqvist Soile13,Möttönen Teemu13,Helve Otto13,Gomes-Dias Joana1,Adlhoch Cornelia1ORCID,

Affiliation:

1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

2. International Collaboration Unit, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

3. National Virus Reference Laboratory (NVRL), University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

4. Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland on behalf of the All Ireland Infectious Diseases (AIID) Cohort

5. Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Ireland on behalf of the Irish Coronavirus Sequencing Consortium (ICSC)

6. Health Service Executive - Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), Dublin, Ireland

7. Health Directorate, Findel, Luxembourg

8. National Health Laboratory, Dudelange, Luxembourg

9. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

10. Directorate of Analysis and Information, Directorate-General of Health, Lisbon, Portugal

11. Bioinformatics Unit, Infectious Diseases Department, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal

12. Health Board, Tallinn, Estonia

13. Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Department of Health Security, Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

We compared 19,207 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7/S gene target failure (SGTF), 436 B.1.351 and 352 P.1 to non-variant cases reported by seven European countries. COVID-19 cases with these variants had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios for hospitalisation (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 1.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.0–2.9; B.1.351: 3.6, 95% CI: 2.1–6.2; P.1: 2.6, 95% CI: 1.4–4.8) and B.1.1.7/SGTF and P.1 cases also for intensive care admission (B.1.1.7/SGTF: 2.3, 95% CI: 1.4–3.5; P.1: 2.2, 95% CI: 1.7–2.8).

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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