Genomic perspectives on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant

W Ma, J Yang, H Fu, C Su, C Yu, Q Wang… - Genomics …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
A new variant of concern for SARS-CoV-2, Omicron (B. 1.1. 529), was designated by the
World Health Organization on November 26, 2021. This study analyzed the viral genome …

Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2: a quest to define the consequences of its high mutational load

J Quarleri, V Galvan, MV Delpino - GeroScience, 2022 - Springer
Accepted: 13 December 2021© The Author (s), under exclusive licence to American Aging
Association 2021 2021, this group was organized to analyze the emergence of the new …

The rise and fall of SARS-CoV-2 variants and ongoing diversification of omicron

T Wiegand, A Nemudryi, A Nemudraia, A McVey… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
In late December of 2019, high-throughput sequencing technologies enabled rapid
identification of SARS-CoV-2 as the etiological agent of COVID-19, and global sequencing …

Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 harbors a unique insertion mutation of putative viral or human genomic origin

AJ Venkatakrishnan, P Anand, P Lenehan, R Suratekar… - 2021 - osf.io
The emergence of a heavily mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant (B. 1.1. 529, Omicron) and it's
spread to 6 continents within a week of initial discovery has set off a global public health …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron: A highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant

F Rahimi, ATB Abadi - Gene reports, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than two years ago, an unexpectedly high number of patients were reportedly
hospitalized with an atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Weeks later, the …

Follow-up investigation and detailed mutational characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant lineages (BA. 1, BA. 2, BA. 3 and BA. 1.1)

Q Abbas, A Kusakin, K Sharrouf, S Jyakhwo… - biorxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Aided by extensive protein mutations, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant
overtook the previously dominant Delta variant and rapidly spread around the world. It was …

[HTML][HTML] Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts–What is known so far?

S Poudel, A Ishak, J Perez-Fernandez… - Travel medicine and …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The new discovery of the highly mutated Omicron variant of concern (VOC) GR/484A (B. 1.1.
529) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in South Africa …

Comparison of SARS-Cov-2 omicron variant with the previously identified SARS-Cov-2 variants in Egypt, 2020–2022: insight into SARS-Cov-2 genome evolution and …

A Kandeel, Y Moatasim, M Fahim, H Bahaaeldin… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background The o severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has
killed millions of people and caused widespread concern around the world. Multiple genetic …

Mutational cascade of SARS-CoV-2 leading to evolution and emergence of omicron variant

K Bansal, S Kumar - Virus Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Emergence of new variant of SARS-CoV-2, namely omicron, has posed a
global concern because of its high rate of transmissibility and mutations in its genome …

The omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: understanding the known and living with unknowns

NE Ingraham, DH Ingbar - Clinical and translational medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recently discovered Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2 has rapidly burst into the public
and scientific eye, being detected in more than 26 countries around the world. Given its …