Emergence of SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant and strategies for tackling the infection

Y Wu, Y Long, F Wang, W Liu… - Immunity, Inflammation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction Nowadays, emerging SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron, the novel highly mutated
VOC, has quickly spread as the dominant variant in over 190 countries worldwide through …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and upper airway characteristics of 3715 patients with the Omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2 in Changchun, China

J Sha, C Meng, J Sun, L Sun, R Gu, J Liu, X Zhu… - Journal of Infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The spread of the novel SARS-Cov-2 variant Omicron created a challenging
public health situation in a number of countries. In March 2022, Omicron emerged in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics and analysis of risk factors for disease progression of patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant infection: A retrospective study of …

P Ying-Hao, G Yuan-Yuan, Z Hai-Dong… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objectives To summarize the clinical characteristics of patients infected by SARS-CoV-2
omicron variant and explore the risk factors affecting the progression in a Fangcang hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Disease profile and plasma neutralizing activity of post-vaccination Omicron BA. 1 infection in Tianjin, China: a retrospective study

H Zheng, Y Cao, X Chen, F Wang, Y Hu, W Song… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA. 1 first emerged on the Chinese mainland on
January 8, 2022, in Tianjin and caused a large wave of infections. 1 Four rounds of mass …

Influence of immune escape and nasopharyngeal virus load on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

M Migueres, C Dimeglio, P Trémeaux… - Journal of …, 2022 - journalofinfection.com
We read with interest the letter published recently by Costa et al. in the journal of Infection.
They analyzed the difference between the viral loads of the SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta …

Protection against the Omicron variant from previous SARS-CoV-2 infection

HN Altarawneh, H Chemaitelly… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Protection against Omicron by Previous SARS-CoV-2 Infection Using a national Covid-19
database in Qatar, investigators found that previous SARS-CoV-2 infection provided …

COVID-19-related symptoms during the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant surge in Japan

T Akaishi, S Kushimoto, Y Katori… - The Tohoku Journal of …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The exact profiles of the clinical symptoms related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B.
1.1. 529) remain largely uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the clinical …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 variants: Impact on transmissibility and virulence

YA Malik - The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 2022 - mjpath.org.my
The genetic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 began in February 2020, with G614 spike protein
strains superseding D614 strains globally. Since then with each subsequent mutations, the …

[HTML][HTML] The displacement of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Delta with Omicron: An investigation of hospital admissions and upper respiratory viral loads

A Fall, RE Eldesouki, J Sachithanandham, CP Morris… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections in December 2021 was driven primarily
by the Omicron variant, which largely displaced the Delta over a three-week span. Outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is as deadly as previous waves after adjusting for vaccinations, demographics, and comorbidities

Z Strasser, A Hadavand, S Murphy, H Estiri - 2022 - europepmc.org
Abstract The B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) has previously been reported as more transmissible, but less severe than …