Emergence and geographic dominance of Omicron subvariants XBB/XBB.1.5 and BF.7 - the public health challenges

Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Mar:128:307-309. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.01.024. Epub 2023 Jan 19.

¹ Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research, VG-CARE, Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
³ Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné, Lambaréné, Gabon.
⁴ Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; International Society for Infectious Diseases.
⁵ Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Vietnamese-German Center for Medical Research, VG-CARE, Hanoi, Vietnam; Faculty of Medicine, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam.

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Keywords: BF.7; China; Epidemiology; Europe; Immune evasion; Omicron; Public Health; XBB.1.5; Zero COVID; variants.

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