The SARS-CoV-2 saltation variant BA. 2.86, which was quickly designated as a variant
under monitoring after its emergence, has garnered global attention. Although BA. 2.86 did …

Summary BA. 2.86, a recently identified descendant of the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BA. 2 sublineage, contains∼ 35 mutations …

Abstract There have been 774,075,242 cases of COVID-19 and 7,012,986 deaths worldwide
as of January 2024. In the early stages of the pandemic, there was an urgent need to reduce …

The initial instance of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
infection was observed in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, China. Subsequently, the …

The recent emergence of a SARS-CoV-2 saltation variant, BA. 2.87. 1, which features 65
spike mutations relative to BA. 2, has attracted worldwide attention. In this study, we …

Vaccines | Free Full-Text | SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 (“Pirola”): Is it Pi or Just Another
Omicron Sublineage? Next Article in Journal / Special Issue Analysing the In-Use Stability of …

In recent studies published in Nature and Lancet Infectious Diseases, 1, 2 SARS-CoV-2
Omicron subvariant BA. 2.86 exhibited a substantial antigenic drift, enhanced receptor …

Low-and middle-income countries faced significant challenges in accessing COVID-19
vaccines during the early stages of the pandemic. In this study, we utilized an age-structured …

Background Repurposed drugs with host-directed antiviral and immunomodulatory
properties have shown promise in the treatment of COVID-19, but few trials have studied …

This study compared reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-
LAMP) and three reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) …