[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development

E Fang, X Liu, M Li, Z Zhang, L Song, B Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has determined 399,600,607 cases and 5,757,562 …

[HTML][HTML] Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

L Liu, S Iketani, Y Guo, JFW Chan, M Wang, L Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The B. 1.1. 529/Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was only recently detected in
southern Africa, but its subsequent spread has been extensive, both regionally and globally …

Emerging COVID-19 variants and their impact on SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis, therapeutics and vaccines

Q Fernandes, VP Inchakalody, M Merhi… - Annals of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The emergence of novel and evolving variants of SARS-CoV-2 has fostered the need for
change in the form of newer and more adaptive diagnostic methods for the detection of …

Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron by BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine–elicited human sera

A Muik, BG Lui, AK Wallisch, M Bacher, J Mühl… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The globally circulating severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variant of concern Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) has a large number of mutations, especially in the …

[HTML][HTML] Global landscape of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and data sharing

Z Chen, AS Azman, X Chen, J Zou, Y Tian, R Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genomic surveillance has shaped our understanding of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. We performed a global landscape analysis on SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines: a literature review and meta-analysis

C Zheng, W Shao, X Chen, B Zhang, G Wang… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective To estimate the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine effectiveness (VE)
against concerned outcomes in real-world settings. Methods Studies reporting COVID-19 VE …

[HTML][HTML] Duration of mRNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants in Qatar

H Chemaitelly, HH Ayoub, S AlMukdad, P Coyle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants are genetically divergent. We
conducted a matched, test-negative, case-control study to estimate duration of protection of …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine up to 6 months in a large integrated health system in the USA: a retrospective cohort study

SY Tartof, JM Slezak, H Fischer, V Hong, BK Ackerson… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Vaccine effectiveness studies have not differentiated the effect of the delta (B.
1.617. 2) variant and potential waning immunity in observed reductions in effectiveness …

Effect of mRNA vaccine boosters against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection in Qatar

LJ Abu-Raddad, H Chemaitelly… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Waning of vaccine protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and
the emergence of the omicron (or B. 1.1. 529) variant of the severe acute respiratory …