Genomic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their clinical impact on patients with COVID-19 in Taiwan

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ² Department of Laboratory Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁶ School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Ph.D. Programme for Aging, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: hsporen@gmail.com.
• ⁸ Department of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.