Evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variants BA. 1 to BA. 5: implications for immune escape and transmission

LB Shrestha, C Foster, W Rawlinson… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first dominant SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant BA. 1 harbours 35 mutations in its Spike
protein from the original SARS‐CoV‐2 variant that emerged late 2019. Soon after its …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the world: how could this happen?

A Parra-Lucares, P Segura, V Rojas, C Pumarino… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant global impact, with more than 280,000,000
people infected and 5,400,000 deaths. The use of personal protective equipment and the …

Omicron (BA. 1) and sub‐variants (BA. 1.1, BA. 2, and BA. 3) of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike infectivity and pathogenicity: A comparative sequence and structural‐based …

S Kumar, K Karuppanan… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Omicron variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
has now spread throughout the world. We used computational tools to assess the spike …

[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 …

Alpha to Omicron: disease severity and clinical outcomes of major SARS-CoV-2 variants

FP Esper, TM Adhikari, ZJ Tu, YW Cheng… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Four severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
predominated in the United States since 2021. Understanding disease severity related to …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)–related smell and taste impairment with widespread diffusion of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus‐2 (SARS …

P Boscolo‐Rizzo, G Tirelli, P Meloni… - International forum of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of self‐reported
chemosensory dysfunction in a study cohort of subjects who developed a mild‐to‐moderate …

Omicron-associated changes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) symptoms in the United Kingdom

KD Vihta, KB Pouwels, TEA Peto… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta
variant has been replaced by the highly transmissible Omicron BA. 1 variant, and …

[PDF][PDF] Determinants of Spike infectivity, processing, and neutralization in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 1 and BA. 2

C Pastorio, F Zech, S Noettger, C Jung, T Jacob… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron rapidly outcompeted other variants and currently dominates the
COVID-19 pandemic. Its enhanced transmission and immune evasion are thought to be …

COVID-19–associated croup in children

RCL Brewster, C Parsons, J Laird-Gion, S Hilker… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
Methods Clinical and demographic characteristics and viral testing data were obtained from
medical record data from a freestanding children's hospital in Boston, Massachusetts …

[HTML][HTML] 新型冠状病毒Omicron 变异株研究进展

黄云, 李依红, 谢仕兰, 容祖华, 李柏生, 康敏… - 中华流行病学 …, 2022 - html.rhhz.net
新型冠状病毒Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) 变异株具有传播力强, 传播速度快, 免疫逃逸显著等特点,
给新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控带来新的挑战. 该变异株于2021 年11 月在南非被发现后, 历时2 …