Table 3 A comparison between characteristics of the viruses isolated from the Egyptian pilgrims returning from 2022 Hajj compared to Ramadan Umrah pilgrims
Viruses | Ramadan Umrah (n = 1,003) | Hajj (n = 3,862) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Percent | No. | Percent | ||
Positive | 76 | 7.6% | 436 | 11.3% | < 0.001 |
SARS-CoV-2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Incidence/Vaccine breakthrough rate | 67 | 6.7% | 384 | 9.9% | < 0.001 |
Genotypes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Number sequenced | 17 | 22.4 | 143 | 37.2 | 0.08 |
B.1.1.529 | 1 | 6.0% | 6 | 4.2% | 0.551 |
BA.1 | 2 | 11.8% | 0 | 0.0% | NA |
BA.2 | 10 | 58.8% | 8 | 5.6% | < 0.001 |
BA.2.75 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.7% | NA |
BA.2.76 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.4% | NA |
BA.5 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.7% | NA |
BA.5.2 | 0 | 0.0% | 104 | 72.7% | NA |
BA.5.2.1 | 0 | 0.0% | 6 | 4.2% | NA |
BA.5.2.2 | 0 | 0.0% | 8 | 5.6% | NA |
BA.5.3 | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.7% | NA |
BA.5.3.1 | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.4% | NA |
BE.1.1 | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 2.8% | NA |
C. 36 | 5 | 29.4% | 0 | 0.0% | NA |
Influenza | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Incidence | 7 | 9.2% | 51 | 11.7% | 0.275 |
Vaccination rate | 269 | 26.8% | 1,039 | 26.9% | 0.989 |
Vaccine breakthrough rate | 3/269 | 1.1% | 15/1,039 | 1.4% | 0.906 |
Subtypes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
A(H1N1) | 3 | 33.3% | 10 | 19.2% | 0.431 |
A(H3N2) | 2 | 22.2% | 27 | 51.9% | 0.423 |
Flu-B | 4 | 44.4% | 15 | 28.8% | 0.201 |
Co-infections | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
SARS-CoV-2 and influenza | 2 | 2.6% | 1 | 0.2% | 0.036 |