What's important to know about the new COVID-19 variants?

D Duong - 2021 - Can Med Assoc
E142 CMAJ| JANUARY 25, 2021| VOLUME 193| ISSUE 4 transmissible, according to the
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Even without a higher fatality rate …

Progressive increase in virulence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in Ontario, Canada

DN Fisman, AR Tuite - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Background The period from February to June 2021 was one during which initial
wild-type SARS-CoV-2 strains were supplanted in Ontario, Canada, first by variants of …

Addressing the long-term effects of COVID-19

RL Levine - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is the most significant medical and public health challenge the US
has encountered in the last 100 years. As of July 26, 2022, an estimated 90 million cases of …

B. 1.526 SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in New York City are neutralized by vaccine-elicited and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

H Zhou, BM Dcosta, MI Samanovic, MJ Mulligan… - MBio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT DNA sequence analysis recently identified the novel SARS-CoV-2 variant B.
1.526 that is spreading at an alarming rate in the New York City area. Two versions of the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of a SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (omicron) variant cluster—Nebraska, November–December 2021

L Jansen - MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2021 - cdc.gov
The B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) was first
detected in specimens collected on November 11, 2021, in Botswana and on November 14 …

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs): an impending global crisis

AYK Thye, JWF Law, P Pusparajah, V Letchumanan… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The worldwide battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus rages on, with millions infected and
many innocent lives lost. The causative organism, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

A simple reverse transcriptase PCR melting-temperature assay to rapidly screen for widely circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants

P Banada, R Green, S Banik… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC), which originated in
the United Kingdom (B. 1.1. 7/alpha), South Africa (B1. 351/beta), Brazil (P. 1/gamma), the …

Introduction and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7, Alpha variant, in Denmark

TY Michaelsen, M Bennedbæk, LE Christiansen… - Genome medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background In early 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 (Alpha variant) became
dominant across large parts of the world. In Denmark, comprehensive and real-time test …

SARS-CoV-2 N501Y introductions and transmissions in Switzerland from beginning of October 2020 to February 2021—implementation of Swiss-wide diagnostic …

AR Goncalves Cabecinhas, T Roloff, M Stange… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 lineages B. 1.1. 7 (N501Y. V1) throughout the UK, B.
1.351 (N501Y. V2) in South Africa, and P. 1 (B. 1.1. 28.1; N501Y. V3) in Brazil has led to the …

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants B. 1.429 and B. 1.351

X Shen, H Tang, R Pajon, G Smith… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Cross-Reactive Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Variants An analysis of cross-reactive viral
binding and neutralization of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants suggests that the mRNA-1273 …