The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid‐19) has become an evolving
worldwide health crisis. With the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes has come an …

The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), poses a grave threat to global public …

Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome could confer resistance to pre-existing antibodies
and/or increased transmissibility. The recently emerged Omicron subvariants exhibit a …

The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 has been undergoing mutations and is highly
glycosylated. It is critically important to investigate the biological significance of these …

Objectives Existing findings regarding the relationship between comorbidities and the
severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are inconsistent and insufficient. The aim …

With the high rate of COVID-19 infections worldwide, the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
variants was inevitable. Several mutations have been identified in the SARS-CoV-2 …

COVID-19 is a viral respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2.
The World Health Organization declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a global public health …

With the rising prevalence of obesity has come an increasing awareness of its impact on
communicable disease. As a consequence of the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus pandemic …

Viral quasispecies refers to a population structure that consists of extremely large numbers
of variant genomes, termed mutant spectra, mutant swarms or mutant clouds. Fueled by high …

Objectives In this study, five SARS-CoV-2 PCR assay panels were evaluated against the
accumulated genetic variability of the virus to assess the effect on sensitivity of the individual …