Epidemiology of reinfections by SARS-CoV-2 variants during the third and fourth waves of the COVID-19 pandemic
Females were the most susceptible to an Omicron reinfection event, even though they were vaccinated. However, the risk of death was higher when the patient was male; being male was a potential risk factor for death from COVID-19 and comorbidities.
Authors
- Sonia Chávez-Ocaña
- Juan Carlos Bravata-Alcántara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-0051)
- Georgina Victoria-Acosta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8066-9406)
- Claudia Camelia Calzada‐Mendoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5893-8566)
- Eduardo García-Moncada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-6183)
- Erika Gómez-Zamora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0488-7900)
- Miguel Ángel Loyola-Cruz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5383-8737)
- Juan Manuel Bello–López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-3807)
- Iliana Alejandra Cortés-Ortíz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-5896)
- M Ramírez‐Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9304-7047)
- María Fernanda Quijano-Soriano
- Andrés Emmanuel Nolasco-Rojas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7069-8015)
Institutions
- Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío (MX)
- Hospital Juárez de México (MX)
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.19753
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional
- Generalitat Valenciana
- Comisión de Operación y Fomento de Actividades Académicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional
- Sistema Nacional de Investigadores