A detailed overview of SARS-CoV-2 omicron: its sub-variants, mutations and pathophysiology, clinical characteristics, immunological landscape, immune escape, and …

S Chatterjee, M Bhattacharya, S Nag, K Dhama… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant concern for everyone. Recent data from
many worldwide reports suggest that most infections are caused by the Omicron variant and …

Efficacy and safety of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) for COVID‐19: a rapid review and meta‐analysis

B Amani, B Amani - Journal of Medical Virology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to examine the efficacy and safety of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) for
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19). PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science …

Real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the Omicron BA. 2 variant in a SARS-CoV-2 infection-naive population

JJ Lau, SMS Cheng, K Leung, CK Lee, A Hachim… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant has demonstrated enhanced transmissibility and
escape of vaccine-derived immunity. Although first-generation vaccines remain effective …

Real-world use of nirmatrelvir–ritonavir in outpatients with COVID-19 during the era of omicron variants including BA. 4 and BA. 5 in Colorado, USA: a retrospective …

NR Aggarwal, KC Molina, LE Beaty… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Nirmatrelvir is a protease inhibitor with in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2,
and ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir can reduce the risk of progression to severe COVID-19 …

Molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir

Y Duan, H Zhou, X Liu, S Iketani, M Lin, X Zhang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Nirmatrelvir is a specific antiviral drug that targets the main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2
and has been approved to treat COVID-19,. As an RNA virus characterized by high mutation …

The Substitutions L50F, E166A, and L167F in SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Are Selected by a Protease Inhibitor In Vitro and Confer Resistance To Nirmatrelvir

D Jochmans, C Liu, K Donckers, A Stoycheva… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro) has an indispensable role in the viral life cycle
and is a therapeutic target for the treatment of COVID-19. The potential of 3CLpro-inhibitors …

Molnupiravir versus placebo in unvaccinated and vaccinated patients with early SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK (AGILE CST-2): a randomised, placebo-controlled …

SH Khoo, R FitzGerald, G Saunders… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The antiviral drug molnupiravir was licensed for treating at-risk patients with
COVID-19 on the basis of data from unvaccinated adults. We aimed to evaluate the safety …

Recent review of COVID-19 management: Diagnosis, treatment and vaccination

VP Chavda, S Vuppu, T Mishra, S Kamaraj… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Springer
The idiopathic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak caused by the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has reached global …

Efficacy and safety of Paxlovid for COVID-19: a meta-analysis

Q Zheng, P Ma, M Wang, Y Cheng, M Zhou… - Journal of …, 2023 - journalofinfection.com
We read with interest the manuscript “Sensitivity and specificity of surveillance case
definitions in detection of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus among hospitalized …

Comparing molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir efficacy and the effects on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in animal models

RM Cox, CM Lieber, JD Wolf, A Karimi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Therapeutic options against SARS-CoV-2 are underutilized. Two oral drugs, molnupiravir
and paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir), have received emergency use authorization. Initial trials …