COVID-19: a review on the novel coronavirus disease evolution, transmission, detection, control and prevention

A Sharma, I Ahmad Farouk, SK Lal - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Three major outbreaks of the coronavirus, a zoonotic virus known to cause respiratory
disease, have been reported since 2002, including SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and the most …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2: structure, biology, and structure-based therapeutics development

MY Wang, R Zhao, LJ Gao, XF Gao… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pandemic of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has been posing great threats to the world in many aspects. Effective therapeutic and …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron: a heavily mutated SARS-CoV-2 variant exhibits stronger binding to ACE2 and potently escapes approved COVID-19 therapeutic antibodies

M Shah, HG Woo - Frontiers in immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The new SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern “Omicron” was recently spotted in South Africa and
spread quickly around the world due to its enhanced transmissibility. The variant became …

Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

BA Johnson, X Xie, AL Bailey, B Kalveram… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)—a new coronavirus that
has led to a worldwide pandemic—has a furin cleavage site (PRRAR) in its spike protein …

CD147-spike protein is a novel route for SARS-CoV-2 infection to host cells

KE Wang, W Chen, Z Zhang, Y Deng, JQ Lian… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
In face of the everlasting battle toward COVID-19 and the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2, no
specific and effective drugs for treating this disease have been reported until today …

Coronavirus vaccine development: from SARS and MERS to COVID-19

YD Li, WY Chi, JH Su, L Ferrall, CF Hung… - Journal of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new type of
coronavirus that causes the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has been the …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 elicits human antibody and TH1 T cell responses

U Sahin, A Muik, E Derhovanessian, I Vogler, LM Kranz… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
An effective vaccine is needed to halt the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. Recently, we reported safety, tolerability and …

COVID-19 vaccines: The status and perspectives in delivery points of view

JY Chung, MN Thone, YJ Kwon - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the high prevalence and long incubation periods often without symptoms, the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected millions of individuals …

Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

P Zimmermann, N Curtis - Archives of disease in childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
In contrast to other respiratory viruses, children have less severe symptoms when infected
with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …