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ProfessorWendyBarclay

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease

Action Medical Research Chair Virology. Head of Department
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5035w.barclay

 
 
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416Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Elliott:2022:10.1126/science.abq4411,
author = {Elliott, P and Eales, O and Steyn, N and Tang, D and Bodinier, B and Wang, H and Elliott, J and Whitaker, M and Atchison, C and Diggle, PJ and Page, AJ and Trotter, AJ and Ashby, D and Barclay, W and Taylor, G and Ward, H and Darzi, A and Cooke, GS and Donnelly, CA and Chadeau-Hyam, M},
doi = {10.1126/science.abq4411},
journal = {Science},
title = {Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England.},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4411},
volume = {376},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Rapid transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant has led to record-breaking incidence rates around the world. The Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission-1 (REACT-1) study has tracked SARS-CoV-2 infection in England using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results from self-administered throat and nose swabs from randomly selected participants aged 5 years and older approximately monthly from May 2020 to March 2022. Weighted prevalence in March 2022 was the highest recorded in REACT-1 at 6.37% (N = 109,181), with the Omicron BA.2 variant largely replacing the BA.1 variant. Prevalence was increasing overall, with the greatest increase in those aged 65 to 74 years and 75 years and older. This was associated with increased hospitalizations and deaths, but at much lower levels than in previous waves against a backdrop of high levels of vaccination.
AU  - Elliott,P
AU  - Eales,O
AU  - Steyn,N
AU  - Tang,D
AU  - Bodinier,B
AU  - Wang,H
AU  - Elliott,J
AU  - Whitaker,M
AU  - Atchison,C
AU  - Diggle,PJ
AU  - Page,AJ
AU  - Trotter,AJ
AU  - Ashby,D
AU  - Barclay,W
AU  - Taylor,G
AU  - Ward,H
AU  - Darzi,A
AU  - Cooke,GS
AU  - Donnelly,CA
AU  - Chadeau-Hyam,M
DO  - 10.1126/science.abq4411
PY  - 2022///
TI  - Twin peaks: The Omicron SARS-CoV-2 BA.1 and BA.2 epidemics in England.
T2  - Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.abq4411
UR  - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35608440
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/96170
VL  - 376
ER  -
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