Regaining perspective on SARS-CoV-2 molecular tracing and its implications

C Mavian, S Marini, C Manes, I Capua, M Prosperi… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
During the past three months, a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic has been growing
exponentially, affecting over 100 thousand people worldwide, and causing enormous …

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants from 24,181 patients exemplifies the role of globalization and zoonosis in pandemics

P Colson, PE Fournier, H Chaudet, J Delerce… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After the end of the first epidemic episode of SARS-CoV-2 infections, as cases began to rise
again during the summer of 2020, we at IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, France …

Rapid spread of mutant alleles in worldwide SARS-CoV-2 strains revealed by genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism and variation analysis

Z Zhu, G Liu, K Meng, L Yang, D Liu… - Genome biology and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has become a pandemic and is threatening human
health globally. Here, we report nine newly evolved SARS-CoV-2 single nucleotide …

Geographical distribution of genetic variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in Chile

AE Castillo, B Parra, P Tapia, J Lagos, L Arata… - Frontiers in public …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) is a worldwide public health concern. First confined in China and then disseminated …

Exploring the structural distribution of genetic variation in SARS-CoV-2 with the COVID-3D online resource

S Portelli, M Olshansky, CHM Rodrigues, EN D'Souza… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a global rush to uncover basic
biological mechanisms to inform effective vaccine and drug development. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] Surveillance for variants of SARS-CoV-2 to inform risk assessments

HA Cohen, S Mesfin, J Ikejezie… - Bulletin of the World …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have emerged …

Trajectory of Growth of SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Houston, Texas, January through May 2021 Based on 12,476 Genome Sequences

RJ Olsen, PA Christensen, SW Long, S Subedi… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are of substantial concern because they can
detrimentally alter the trajectory of the ongoing pandemic, and disease course in individual …

Rapid whole genome sequence typing reveals multiple waves of SARS-CoV-2 spread

AM Moustafa, PJ Planet - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
As the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread globally its genome has diversified to an
extent that distinct clones can now be recognized, tracked, and traced. Identifying clonal …

[PDF][PDF] A noncoding A-to-U Kozak Site change related to the high transmissibility of Alpha, Delta, and Omicron VOCs

J Yang, Y Cui, D Yu, G Zhang, R Cao… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Three prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) emerged and caused epidemic
waves. It is essential to uncover advantageous mutations that cause the high transmissibility …

[HTML][HTML] A genetic barcode of SARS-CoV-2 for monitoring global distribution of different clades during the COVID-19 pandemic

Q Guan, M Sadykov, S Mfarrej, S Hala, R Naeem… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objective The SARS-CoV-2 pathogen has established endemicity in humans. This
necessitates the development of rapid genetic surveillance methodologies to serve as an …