Clinical Outcomes of Hospitalized Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant vs. Influenza A During Influenza Season 2021 to 2022: A Retrospective Observational Study

CONCLUSIONS: Patients diagnosed with Omicron had higher mortality than patients diagnosed with seasonal influenza. This finding could be due to differences in co-morbidities, the virus pathogenicity, and host responses to infection.PMID:37698307

Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - September 12, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Alaa Atamna Evgeny Berkov Genady Drozdinsky Tzippy Shochat Haim Ben Zvi Noa Eliakim-Raz Jihad Bishara Avishay Elis Source Type: research