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Omicron variants of the SARS-COV-2: A potentially significant threat in a new wave of infections
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Affiliations- Henry JN Taub Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Houston, TX, United States of America
- Institute of Outcomes Research, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Ruda Slaska City Hospital, Ruda Slaska, Poland
- School of Medicine, International European University, Kyiv, Ukraine
- Department of Medical Education, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
- Office of Research, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States of America
- Office of Analytics, Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Carson City, Nevada, United States of America
- Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Health Service Department, Italian State Police, Ministry of the Interior, Milan, Italy
- APHP, CHU Lariboisière, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, FHU PROMICE, DMU Parabol, APHP.Nord, Paris, France, France
- Université de Paris, France
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Keywords
COVID-19; Omicron variants; SARS-CoV-2
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Omicron variants of the SARS-COV-2: A potentially significant threat in a new wave of infections
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
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Article type
Editorial
Pages
139-141
Published online
2022-09-21
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Bibliographic record
Disaster Emerg Med J 2022;7(3):139-141.
Keywords
COVID-19
Omicron variants
SARS-CoV-2
Authors
Lukasz Szarpak
Michal Pruc
Alla Navolokina
Kavita Batra
Francesco Chirico
Charles De Roquetaillade
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