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. 2024 Jan 15;24:181. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-17695-8

Table 3.

Number of possible reinfections in the MSIS laboratory database with divergent variant results

Variant First infection Reinfections N (%) Total N with reinfections
N (%) Alpha (%) Delta (%) Omicron (%) Other variants (%) Not variant screened (%) N (%)
Screened and sequenced variants Alpha 37448 (100) 0 (0) 93 (0.2) 698 (1.9) 0 (0) 3409 (9.1) 4200 (11.2)
Delta 119566 (100) 0 (0) 2 (<0.1) 543 (0.5) 0 (0) 3150 (2.6) 3695 (3.1)
Omicron 61615 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (<0.1) 1 (<0.1)
Other variants 9648 (100) 5 (0.1) 40 (0.4) 162 (1.7) 1 (<0.1) 865 (9.0) 1073 (11.1)
Not variant screened 540478 (100) 29 (<0.1) 375 (0.1) 1921 (0.4) 23 (<0.1) 10332 (1.9) 12680 (2.3)
TOTAL 768755 (100) 34 (<0.1) 510 (0.1) 3324 (0.4) 24 (<0.1) 17757 (2.3) 21649 (2.8)
Variant waves including screened and sequenced variants Variant N (%) Alpha (%) Delta (%) Omicron (%) Other variants (%) Not in wave or variant screened (%) N (%)
Alpha 53962 (100) 23 (<0.1) 327 (0.6) 4958 (9.2) 1 (<0.1) 825 (1.5) 6134 (11.4)
Delta 215670 (100) 0 (-) 89 (<0.1) 6289 (2.9) 1 (<0.1) 994 (0.5) 7373 (3.4)
Omicron 349782 (100) 0 (-) 0 (-) 1 (<0.1) 0 (-) 0 (-) 1 (<0.1)
Other variants 52262 95 (0.2) 414 (0.8) 4284 (8.2) 60 (<0.1) 898 (1.7) 5751 (11.0)
Not in wave or variant screened 97079 (100) 34 (<0.1) 188 (0.2) 1808 (1.9) 4 (<0.1) 356 (0.4) 2390 (2.5)
TOTAL 768755 (100) 152 (<0.1) 1018 (0.1) 17340 (2.3) 66 (<0.1) 3073 (0.4) 21649 (2.8)

Number of possible reinfections with divergent variant results based on Whole Genome Sequencing or variant screening or variant waves, primary and secondary infection, using a minimum interval of 60 days between re-infections, or having two results of different variant