Severity of SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B.1.1.7) in England.

Daniel J GrintKevin WingCatherine HoulihanHamish P GibbsStephen J W EvansElizabeth WilliamsonHelen I McDonaldKrishnan BhaskaranDavid EvansAlex J WalkerGeorge HickmanEmily NightingaleAnna SchultzeChristopher T RentschChris BatesJonathan CockburnHelen J CurtisCaroline E MortonSebastian BaconSimon DavyAngel Y S WongAmir MehrkarLaurie TomlinsonIan J DouglasRohini MathurBrian MacKennaPeter IngelsbyRichard CrokerJohn ParryFrank HesterSam HarperNicholas J DeVitoWill HulmeJohn TazareLiam SmeethBen GoldacreRosalind M Eggo

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)

The SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant is associated with an increased risk of both hospitalisation and mortality than wild-type virus.

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