A comparison of transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

by admin | Apr 2, 2023 | Evidence-Based Research in Western Medicine Clinical Practice, Scientific reports

By S. S. Manathunga et al.

Source BMC

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) has currently detected five Variants of Concern of SARS-CoV-2 having the WHO labels of ‘Alpha’, ‘Beta’, ‘Gamma’, ‘Delta’ and ‘Omicron’. We aimed to assess and compare the transmissibility of the five VOCs in terms of basic reproduction number, time-varying reproduction number and growth rate.