Update on the omicron sub‐variants BA. 4 and BA. 5

TE Tallei, S Alhumaid, Z AlMusa… - Reviews in medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Several nations have recently begun to relax their public health protocols, particularly
regarding the use of face masks when engaging in outdoor activities. This is because there …

The relative prevalence of the Omicron variant within SARS-CoV-2 infected cohorts in different countries: a systematic review

A Sarkar, S Omar, A Alshareef, K Fanous… - Human Vaccines & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was detected in October 2021 and exhibited high
transmissibility, immune evasion, and reduced severity when compared to the earlier …

Omicron Coronavirus: pH-Dependent Electrostatic Potential and Energy of Association of Spike Protein to ACE2 Receptor

SH Hristova, AM Zhivkov - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The association of the S-protein of the SARS-CoV-2 beta coronavirus to ACE2 receptors of
the human epithelial cells determines its contagiousness and pathogenicity. We computed …

Missense mutations in spike protein of SARS‐CoV‐2 delta variant contribute to the alteration in viral structure and interaction with hACE2 receptor

TB Mahmood, MI Hossan, S Mahmud… - Immunity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Many of the global pandemics threaten human existence over the decades
among which coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) is the newest exposure circulating …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 and its impact on the cardiovascular and digestive systems–The interplay between new virus variants and human cells

A Szpulak, U Garlak, H Ćwirko, B Witkowska… - Computational and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in Wuhan, China, in
December 2019, the world has been battling the pandemic COVID-19. Patients of all ages …

Dynamics of water-mediated interaction effects on the stability and transmission of Omicron

N Zaman, N Parvaiz, F Gul, R Yousaf, K Gul… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant and its highly transmissible sublineages amidst news of
emerging hybrid variants strengthen the evidence of its ability to rapidly spread and evolve …

Mutational analysis of catalytic site domain of CCHFV L RNA segment

N Kaushal, M Baranwal - Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Introduction Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has tripartite RNA
genome and is endemic in various countries of Asia, Africa and Europe. Method The present …

Laboratory and field evaluation of the STANDARD Q and Panbio SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid test in Namibia using nasopharyngeal samples

I Konstantinus, D Chiwara, EE Ndevaetela… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background As new SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern emerge, there is a need to scale up
testing to minimize transmission of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Many …

Deciphering the free energy landscapes of SARS-CoV-2 wild type and Omicron variant interacting with human ACE2

PD Lan, DA Nissley, EP O'Brien, TT Nguyen… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The binding of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to the
host cell receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the first step in human viral …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic, Sequencing, and Mutation Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (BA. 1) and Its Subvariants (BA. 1.1, BA. 2) During the Fifth Wave of the COVID-19 …

SM Taher, JM Abdo, MA Merza - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods The RNA of samples QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, MD). SARS-CoV-2 RNA
was reverse transcribed with SuperScript IV VILO (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, MA) …