The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant was associated with increased clinical severity of COVID-19 in Scotland: A genomics-based retrospective cohort analysis.
David J PascallElen VinkRachel BlacowNaomi BulteelAlasdair CampbellRobyn CampbellSarah CliffordChris DavisAna da Silva FilipeNoha El SakkaLudmila FjodorovaRuth ForrestEmily GoldsteinRory GunsonJohn HaughneyMatthew T G HoldenPatrick HonourJoseph HughesEdward JamesTim LewisSamantha J LycettOscar MacLeanMartin P McHughGuy MollettYusuke OnishiBen ParcellSurajit RayDavid L RobertsonSharif ShabaanJames G ShepherdKatherine SmollettKate TempletonElizabeth WastnedgeCraig WilkieThomas WilliamsEmma C Thomsonnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2023)
The Alpha variant was associated with more severe clinical disease in the Scottish population than co-circulating lineages.