Omicron-associated changes in SARS-CoV-2 symptoms in the United Kingdom.

Karina-Doris VihtaKoen B PouwelsTim Ea PetoEmma PritchardThomas HouseRuth StudleyEmma RourkeDuncan CookIan DiamondDerrick CrookDavid A CliftonPhilippa C MatthewsNicole E StoesserDavid W EyreAnn Sarah Walkernull null

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Increases in sore throat (also common in the general community), and a marked reduction in loss of taste/smell, make Omicron harder to detect with symptom-based testing algorithms, with implications for institutional and national testing policies.

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