1. High Asymptomatic Carriage With the Omicron Variant in South Africa
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Garrett, Nigel, Tapley, Asa, Andriesen, Jessica, Seocharan, Ishen, Fisher, Leigh H, Bunts, Lisa, Espy, Nicole, Wallis, Carole L, Randhawa, April Kaur, Miner, Maurine D, Ketter, Nzeera, Yacovone, Margaret, Goga, Ameena, Huang, Yunda, Hural, John, Kotze, Philip, Bekker, Linda Gail, Gray, Glenda E, Corey, Lawrence, Ahmed, Khatija, Badal-Faesen, Sharlaa, Barnabas, Shaun, Brumskine, William, Comline, Kim, Diacon, Andreas, Dubula, Thozama, Gill, Katherine, Grobbelaar, Coert, Innes, Craig, Kassim, Sheetal, Kotze, Sheena, Lazarus, Erica, Lombaard, Johannes, Luabeya, Angelique, Maboa, Rebone Molobane, Mahoney, Scott, Mahkaza, Disebo, Malahleha, Moelo, Malan, Daniel, Mngadi, Kathryn, Naicker, Nivashnee, Naicker, Vimla, Naidoo, Logashvari, Nchabeleng, Maphoshane, Rassool, Mohammed, Spooner, Elizabeth, Tempelman, Hugo, Mgodi, Nyaradzo, Dadabhai, Sufia, Makhema, Joe, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha, Harriet, Samandari, Taraz, Elyanu, Peter James, Chilengi, Roma, Chirenje, Zvavahera, McElrath, Julie, Cohen, Myron, Kublin, James, Gilbert, Peter, Peda, Melissa, Andersen-Nissen, Erica, Ferrari, Guido, Villaran, Manuel, Takalani, Azwidhwi, Gildea, Marianne, Nebergall, Michelle, Sopher, Carrie, Proulx-Burns, Lori, Govender, Dhevium, Sanders, Lisa, Hanke, Jen, Baepanye, Kagisho, Le Roux, Bert, Wilvich, Haven, Sripathy, Smitha, Margineantu, Daciana, Brown, Valerie, Linton, Kim, Howell, Haley, Noronha, Bianca, Nikles, Sarah, Toledano, Alicia, May, Jeanine, El-Khorazaty, Jill, Naidoo, Keshani, Khuto, Kentse, Mayat, Fatima, Fairall, Lara, and Sanne, Ian
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Medical Microbiology ,Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Pneumonia & Influenza ,Infectious Diseases ,Vaccine Related ,Lung ,Prevention ,Emerging Infectious Diseases ,Clinical Research ,Pneumonia ,Biodefense ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,COVID-19 ,Humans ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,SARS-CoV-2 ,South Africa ,Omicron variant ,asymptomatic carriage ,PWH ,Ubuntu Study Team ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Microbiology ,Clinical sciences - Abstract
We report a 23% asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2) Omicron carriage rate in participants being enrolled into a clinical trial in South Africa, 15-fold higher than in trials before Omicron. We also found lower CD4 + T-cell counts in persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) strongly correlated with increased odds of being SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive.
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- 2022