Does the COVID-19 XBB Omicron subvariant signal the beginning of the end of the pandemic?
All pandemic viruses have eventually adapted to human hosts so that they become more transmissible and less virulent. The XBB Omicron subvariant is rapidly becoming the dominant strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Singapore from October 2022 and is one of severa...
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Main Authors: | Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Abdurrahmaan Al-Mubaarak, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer – Medknow Publications
2024-12-01
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Series: | Singapore Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/singaporemedj.SMJ-2022-180 |
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