Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: a new chapter in the COVID-19 pandemic

SSA Karim, QA Karim - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
… The delta VoC continues to drive new waves of infection and remains the dominant … omicron
to provide preliminary indications on transmissibility, severity, and immune escape. Omicron

[HTML][HTML] The SARSCoV‐2 omicron wave is indicating the end of the pandemic phase but the COVID‐19 will continue

S Daria, MR Islam - Journal of medical virology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The omicron variant is becoming more dominant in the transmission of the SARSCoV‐2 …
Despite the reduced severity of COVID‐19 symptoms, the massive omicron wave might …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
… Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) … coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
one of which is the Omicron variant (B… to future waves and strategies to end the pandemic. …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating disease severity of Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 infections

A Sigal, R Milo, W Jassat - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
… was the emergence of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 with widespread …
Omicron wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic infection 1 can be attributed to changes in the virus

Infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections and reinfections during the Omicron wave

ST Tan, AT Kwan, I Rodríguez-Barraquer, BJ Singer… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
… We aimed to assess the infectiousness of Omicron variant SARS-CoV-2 infections in
confirmed index cases, stratified by their vaccine status and prior infection history. We analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] Global emerging Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: Impacts, challenges and strategies

K Dhama, F Nainu, A Frediansyah, MI Yatoo… - Journal of infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
… , it has been found during the Omicron wave that the comorbidities as well as hospitalization
… the early phase of the wave [125]. The summary of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling transmission of SARS-CoV-2 omicron in China

J Cai, X Deng, J Yang, K Sun, H Liu, Z Chen, C Peng… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
… of SARS-CoV-2 transmission calibrated on the initial growth phase for the 2022 Omicron
would be insufficient to prevent an Omicron wave that would result in exceeding critical care …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemic waves caused by SARSCoV‐2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) and pessimistic forecasts of the COVID‐19 pandemic duration

I Nesteruk - MedComm, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
waves for Ukraine and six pandemic waves for the whole world. Thus, we can hope for an
accurate forecast for the omicron waves (… the 14th wave in Ukraine and seventh wave in the …

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 omicron lineages BA. 4 and BA. 5 in South Africa

H Tegally, M Moir, J Everatt, M Giovanetti… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
… two new Omicron lineages (BA.4 and BA.5), which are associated with a resurgence in
infections in South Africa approximately 4 months on from the start of the Omicron wave. This …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in South Africa and epidemiological characteristics of the Omicron variant

W Yang, J Shaman - medRxiv, 2021 - columbia.edu
… , and vaccination, we 13 estimate that the majority of South Africans had been infected by
SARS-CoV-2 before the 14 Omicron wave. Based on findings for Gauteng province, …