Table 1 Omicron BA.1/2 infection attack rate (AR) in rural and urban cohorts of South Africa based on 905 participants with complete serologic information (75% of the total 1200 participants)

From: Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa

 

Rural (478)

Urban (427)

Characteristics

n/N (AR%)

n/N (AR%)

Age group, in years

 0–4

42/64 (65.6)

19/37 (51.4)

 5–12

129/185 (69.7)

76/113 (67.3)

 13–18

39/59 (66.1)

46/67 (68.7)

 19–39

44/64 (68.8)

50/77 (64.9)

 40–59

37/71 (52.1)

43/91 (47.3)

 60+

18/35 (51.4)

14/42 (33.3)

Sex

 Male

116/171 (67.8)

108/188 (57.4)

 Female

193/307 (62.9)

140/239 (58.6)

Household size (no. individuals)

 3–5

129/190 (67.9)

121/212 (57.1)

 6–8

91/156 (58.3)

84/148 (56.8)

 9–12

71/99 (71.7)

31/50 (62.0)

 13+

18/33 (54.5)

12/17 (70.6)

HIV status

 Negative

257/392 (65.6)

201/345 (58.3)

 PLWH*

39/63 (61.9)

41/71 (57.7)

 Unknown

13/23 (56.5)

6/11 (58.2)

SARS-CoV-2 immunity status

 Naive

117/144 (81.3)

71/94 (75.5)

 Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (1dose)

9/11 (81.8)

2/2 (100)

 Pfizer–BioNTech BNT162b2 (1st dose)

5/10 (50.0)

2/3 (66.7)

 Pfizer–BioNTech BNT162b2 (2nd dose)

3/5 (60.0)

6/11 (54.5)

 Prior infection (D614G)

20/27 (74.1)

47/67 (70.2)

 Prior infection (Beta)

50/69 (72.5)

56/92 (60.9)

 Prior infection (Delta)

81/149 (54.4)

33/61 (54.1)

 Hybrid immunity

19/41 (46.3)

15/47 (31.9)

 Repeated infections

4/19 (21.1)

10/37 (27.0)

 Rest

1/3 (33.3)

6/13 (46.2)

  1. *PLWH People living with HIV. Hybrid immunity: one episode of prior infection and vaccination. Rest: this category consists of repeat infections plus vaccination, vaccination with unknow vaccine types, and prior infection with other less frequent lineages including Alpha and C.1.2 variants.