Case Reports Microbiology 2022 Exercise 4: Omicron: A Case Presentation of a COVID-19 Emerging Variant

Authors

ADEKUNLE SANYAOLU, PHD

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Abuja, Nigeria

STEPHANIE PRAKASH, MD

ALEKSANDRA MARINKOVIC, MD, MS

SAINT JAMES SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Anguilla

ZAHEEDA HOSEIN, MD

CARIBBEAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY CURACAO CAMPUS

Willemstad, Curaçao

NAFEES HAIDER, MD

ALL SAINTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Roseau, Saint George, Dominica  

CHUKU OKORIE, MBBS, MPH

UNION COUNTY COLLEGE

Plainfield, New Jersey      

Primary Audience: Pathologists and Clinical Scientists
Secondary Audience: Residents, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas), Students, Pathologist Assistants,  Laboratory Directors and Educators

Upon completion of this activity, you will be able to:

?        describe the causative agent, risk factor, and transmission of COVID-19;

?        discuss the clinical presentation of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection;

?        discuss the global epidemiology of the COVID-19 variant Omicron;

?        discuss the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 in relation to the viral mutation seen in Omicron and its sublineages and subvariants; and

?        describe the implication of the Omicron mutation of the virus on transmission, diagnosis, prevention, control, treatment/management, and vaccination.