Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: genomics, transmissibility, and responses to current COVID‐19 vaccines

Y Araf, F Akter, Y Tang, R Fatemi… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) has spread
worldwide as an Omicron variant. This variant is a heavily mutated virus and designated as …

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant, salient features, high global health concerns and strategies to counter it amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

R Khandia, S Singhal, T Alqahtani, MA Kamal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the appearance in the late of December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly evolving and
mutating continuously, giving rise to various variants with variable degrees of infectivity and …

A detailed overview of immune escape, antibody escape, partial vaccine escape of SARS-CoV-2 and their emerging variants with escape mutations

C Chakraborty, AR Sharma, M Bhattacharya… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The infective SARS-CoV-2 is more prone to immune escape. Presently, the significant
variants of SARS-CoV-2 are emerging in due course of time with substantial mutations …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: concerns, challenges, and recent updates

RK Mohapatra, R Tiwari, AK Sarangi… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Concerns, challenges, and recent updates -
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The puzzling mutational landscape of the SARS‐2‐variant Omicron

J Fantini, N Yahi, P Colson, H Chahinian… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The recently emerging SARS‐CoV‐2 variant omicron displays an unusual association of 30
mutations, 3 deletions, and 1 insertion. To analyze the impact of this atypic mutational …

Effect of molnupiravir on biomarkers, respiratory interventions, and medical services in COVID-19: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

MG Johnson, A Puenpatom, PA Moncada… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Background: In the MOVe-OUT trial, molnupiravir showed a clinically meaningful reduction
in the risk for hospitalization or death in adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 and risk …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant: Current insights and future directions

R Rana, R Kant, RS Huirem, D Bohra… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global COVID-19 outbreak has returned with the identification of the SARS-CoV-2
Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) after appearing to be persistently spreading for the more than …

COVID-19 and vaccination: myths vs science

VP Chavda, Y Chen, J Dave, ZS Chen… - Expert Review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Several vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) have been developed since the inception of the coronavirus disease 2019 …

Antibody titers and protection against Omicron (BA. 1 and BA. 2) SARS-CoV-2 infection

C Dimeglio, M Migueres, N Bouzid, S Chapuy-Regaud… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern has greatly influenced the immune
correlates of protection, and there are little data about the antibody threshold concentrations …

Tracking and controlling the spatiotemporal spread of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa

C Tong, W Shi, A Zhang, Z Shi - Travel medicine and infectious disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background South Africa is the focus of the current epidemic caused by Omicron.
Understanding the spatiotemporal spread of Omicron in South Africa and how to control it is …