SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOC) alpha, beta, gamma, delta, and omicron coincident with consecutive pandemic waves in Pakistan

A Nasir, UB Aamir, A Kanji, A Samreen, Z Ansar… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Identification and monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern/Interest (VOC/VOIs) is
essential to guide public health measures. We report the surveillance of VOCs circulating in …

Changing SARS-CoV-2 variants in Karachi, Pakistan from alpha to delta through COVID-19 waves three and four

Z Hasan, UB Aamir, A Nasir, A Kanji, A Samreen… - 2021 - researchsquare.com
We investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VoC) in Karachi,
Pakistan between April and July 2021 in specimens received at the Aga Khan University …

SARS-CoV-2 multiplex RT-PCR to detect variants of concern (VOCs) in Malaysia, between January to May 2021

JYL Fu, YM Chong, IC Sam, YF Chan - Journal of virological methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) have been associated with enhanced
transmissibility and immune escape. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the whole …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants through pandemic waves using RT-PCR testing in low-resource settings

A Nasir, UB Aamir, A Kanji, AR Bukhari… - PLOS global public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 resulted in extensive morbidity and mortality worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 evolved
rapidly, with increasing transmission due to Variants of Concern (VOC). Identifying VOC …

[HTML][HTML] Genome surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their role in pathogenesis focusing on second wave of COVID-19 in India

P Sarkar, S Banerjee, SA Saha, P Mitra, S Sarkar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
India had witnessed unprecedented surge in SARS-CoV-2 infections and its dire
consequences during the second wave of COVID-19, but the detailed report of the …

Detection and whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.617. 2 and B. 1.351 variants of concern from Pakistan during the COVID-19 third wave

M Umair, A Ikram, M Salman, N Badar, SA Haider… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The viral lineages reflecting variants of concern have emerged worldwide and among them
B. 1.1. 7 (Alpha), B. 1351 (Beta) and B. 1.617. 2 (Delta) variants are the most significant ones …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 delta (B. 1.617. 2) variant: spatiotemporal variation and public health impact

Q Shi, XP Dong - Zoonoses, 2021 - ucl.scienceopen.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected human society for more than 1.5 years. As of
August 8, 2021, this pandemic had caused more than 203 million infected and 4.3 million …

Genomic surveillance reveals the detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 delta, beta, and gamma VOCs during the third wave in Pakistan

M Umair, A Ikram, M Salman, SA Haider… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 variants of concern (VOCs) have emerged worldwide and gained significant
importance due to their high transmissibility and global spread, thus meriting close …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking the evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant of concern: analysis of genetic diversity and selection across the whole viral genome

K Li, S Melnychuk, P Sandstrom, H Ji - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Since 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has diversified extensively, producing five highly virulent lineages designated as variants of …

Greater covid-19 severity and mortality in hospitalized patients in second (Delta variant) wave compared to the first: Single centre prospective study in India

RS Khedar, K Mittal, HC Ambaliya, A Mathur, JB Gupta… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
ABSTRACT Background & Objective Covid-19 pandemic has led to multiple waves
secondary to mutations in SARS-CoV-2 and emergence of variants of concern (VOC) …