COVID-19 vaccine strategies must focus on severe disease and global equity

PB McIntyre, R Aggarwal, I Jani, J Jawad, S Kochhar… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
In September, 2020, the WHO Prioritisation Roadmap for COVID-19 vaccines gave priority to
prevention of severe disease and the highest risk groups. In July, 2021, the revised …

Tracking the turnover of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs Gamma to Delta in a Brazilian state (Minas Gerais) with a high-vaccination status

PLC Fonseca, FRR Moreira, RM de Souza… - Virus …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The emergence and global dissemination of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOCs) have been described as the main factor driving …

Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 replacement in Brazil: a national epidemiologic surveillance program

JP Silva, AB de Lima, LB Alvim, FSV Malta… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused immeasurable impacts on the
health and socioeconomic system. The real-time identification and characterization of new …

Changing dynamics of SARS-CoV-2: a global challenge

A Chugh, N Khurana, K Verma, I Sehgal, R Rolta… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since November 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has been a matter of global concern due to its rapid
spread, the millions of deaths it caused, and repeated waves of infections. One after another …

Spike mutations in SARS-CoV-2 AY sublineages of the Delta variant of concern: implications for the future of the pandemic

D Focosi, F Maggi, S McConnell… - Future microbiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused 271 million cases and 5.32 million deaths
worldwide as of 15 December 2021, and represents an unprecedented opportunity to …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Tocantins State and the diffusion of P. 1.7 and AY. 99.2 lineages in Brazil

UJB de Souza, RN Dos Santos, FL de Melo, A Belmok… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tocantins is a state in the cross-section between the Central-West, North and Northeast
regions of Brazilian territory; it is a gathering point for travelers and transportation from the …

Phylodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 spread in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, highlights how metropolitan areas act as dispersal hubs for new variants

AP Lamarca, LGP de Almeida… - Microbial …, 2022 - microbiologyresearch.org
During the first semester of 2021, all of Brazil has suffered an intense wave of COVID-19
associated with the Gamma variant. In July, the first cases of Delta variant were detected in …

Comparative epidemic expansion of SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Omicron in Amazonas, a Brazilian setting with high levels of hybrid immunity

I Arantes, G Bello, V Nascimento, V Souza, A da Silva… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
The SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) Delta and Omicron spread globally during mid
and late 2021, respectively, with variable impact according to the immune population …

[HTML][HTML] The dissemination of the Omicron variant in the highly seroprevalent Amazonas state, Brazil, is associated with a rapid upsurge of SARS-CoV-2 cases

FG Naveca, V Nascimento, V Souza, F Nascimento… - image, 2022 - virological.org
Two exponential COVID-19 epidemic waves heavily hit the Brazilian state of Amazonas in
early 2020 and early 2021, driven by SARS-CoV-2 variants B. 1 (mainly B. 1.195 and B. 1.1 …