[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics

O Puhach, B Meyer, I Eckerle - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and detection of infectious virus in the respiratory tract are the two
key parameters for estimating infectiousness. As shedding of infectious virus is required for …

COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cancer: immunogenicity, efficacy and safety

A Fendler, EGE de Vries… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Patients with cancer have a higher risk of severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and
associated mortality than the general population. Owing to this increased risk, patients with …

SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistence in the human body and brain at autopsy

SR Stein, SC Ramelli, A Grazioli, JY Chung, M Singh… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is known to cause multi-organ dysfunction,–
during acute infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

[HTML][HTML] Infectious viral load in unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals infected with ancestral, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2

O Puhach, K Adea, N Hulo, P Sattonnet, C Genecand… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Infectious viral load (VL) expelled as droplets and aerosols by infected individuals partly
determines transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammasome activation in infected macrophages drives COVID-19 pathology

E Sefik, R Qu, C Junqueira, E Kaffe, H Mirza, J Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe COVID-19 is characterized by persistent lung inflammation, inflammatory cytokine
production, viral RNA and a sustained interferon (IFN) response, all of which are …

A phase 2a clinical trial of molnupiravir in patients with COVID-19 shows accelerated SARS-CoV-2 RNA clearance and elimination of infectious virus

WA Fischer, JJ Eron Jr, W Holman, MS Cohen… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
There is an urgent need for an effective, oral, direct-acting therapeutic to block transmission
of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and prevent progression …

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern partially escape humoral but not T cell responses in COVID-19 convalescent donors and vaccine recipients

D Geers, MC Shamier, S Bogers, G den Hartog… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring mutations in the spike (S) protein has
raised concern about potential immune escape. Here, we studied humoral and cellular …

Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course

TC Jones, G Biele, B Mühlemann, T Veith, J Schneider… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Although post facto studies have revealed the importance of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from presymptomatic …

[HTML][HTML] Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome

A Nalbandian, K Sehgal, A Gupta, MV Madhavan… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the pathogen
responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has resulted in …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/01 (B. 1.1. 7): an exploratory analysis of a randomised …

KRW Emary, T Golubchik, PK Aley, CV Ariani, B Angus… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, B. 1.1. 7, emerged as the dominant cause of
COVID-19 disease in the UK from November, 2020. We report a post-hoc analysis of the …