SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and vulnerability at the global level

VP Chavda, AB Patel… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
pandemic have evolved. Viral variants may evolve with harmful susceptibility to the immunity …

Mitigating Covid-19 in the face of emerging virus variants, breakthrough infections and vaccine hesitancy

A Haque, AB Pant - Journal of autoimmunity, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence and rapid global spread of the new Delta and, more recently, Omicron
variants of SARS-CoV-2 pose a daunting public health emergency. Being an RNA virus, the …

Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant: Unique features and their impact on pre-existing antibodies

SR Kannan, AN Spratt, K Sharma, HS Chand… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has been emerging in the
form of different variants since its first emergence in early December 2019. A new Variant of …

[HTML][HTML] Impaired detection of omicron by SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests

A Osterman, I Badell, E Basara, M Stern… - Medical microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Since autumn 2020, rapid antigen tests (RATs) have been implemented in several countries
as an important pillar of the national testing strategy to rapidly screen for infections on site …

New coronavirus variants are creating more challenges to global healthcare system: a brief report on the current knowledge

S Islam, T Islam, MR Islam - Clinical pathology, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The coronavirus is naturally mutating over time and producing new variants. Some of them
are more contagious and destructive than previous strains. Also, some variants are capable …

The origins and molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B. 1.1. 7 in the UK

V Hill, L Du Plessis, TP Peacock, D Aggarwal… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The first SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) to be designated was lineage B. 1.1. 7, later
labelled by the World Health Organization as Alpha. Originating in early autumn but …

Delta variant (B. 1.617. 2) of SARS-CoV-2: Mutations, impact, challenges and possible solutions

M Dhawan, A Sharma, N Priyanka… - Human vaccines & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since commencement of COVID-19 pandemic, several SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged
amid containment efforts via vaccination. The Delta variant (B. 1.617. 2), discovered in …

[HTML][HTML] Is the SARS CoV-2 omicron variant deadlier and more transmissible than delta variant?

BV Duong, P Larpruenrudee, T Fang… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Genetic variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) have
been globally surging and devastating many countries around the world. There are at least …

[HTML][HTML] The remarkable evolutionary plasticity of coronaviruses by mutation and recombination: insights for the COVID-19 pandemic and the future evolutionary paths …

GD Amoutzias, M Nikolaidis, E Tryfonopoulou… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronaviruses (CoVs) constitute a large and diverse subfamily of positive-sense single-
stranded RNA viruses. They are found in many mammals and birds and have great …

Update on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines on different variants of SARS-CoV-2

N Firouzabadi, P Ghasemiyeh, F Moradishooli… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been more than three years since the first emergence of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) and millions of lives have been taken to date. Like most pandemics caused by …