[HTML][HTML] Convergent evolution in SARS-CoV-2 spike creates a variant soup from which new COVID-19 waves emerge

D Focosi, R Quiroga, S McConnell… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic were mainly characterized by recurrent
mutations of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein at residues K417, L452, E484, N501 and P681 …

[HTML][HTML] Vaccines and therapeutics for immunocompromised patients with COVID-19

S Shoham, C Batista, YB Amor, O Ergonul… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted immunocompromised patients.
This diverse group is at increased risk for impaired vaccine responses, progression to …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world experience of the comparative effectiveness and safety of molnupiravir and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in high-risk patients with COVID-19 in a …

Y Mutoh, T Umemura, T Nishikawa, K Kondo, Y Nishina… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Molnupiravir (MOV) and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (NMV/r) are efficacious oral antiviral agents for
patients with the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19). However, little is known about their …

COVID-19 therapeutics

D Focosi, M Franchini, F Maggi… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Since the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020, an unprecedented range of therapeutic options
has been studied and deployed. Healthcare providers have multiple treatment approaches …

[PDF][PDF] N4-hydroxycytidine, the active compound of Molnupiravir, promotes SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis and escape from a neutralizing nanobody

A Zibat, X Zhang, A Dickmanns, KM Stegmann… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Summary N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC), the active compound of the drug Molnupiravir, is
incorporated into SARS-CoV-2 RNA, causing false base pairing. The desired result is an" …

[HTML][HTML] Acetate-encapsulated linolenic acid liposomes reduce SARS-CoV-2 and RSV infection

AR McGill, E Markoutsa, K Mayilsamy, R Green… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Emergent Coronaviridae viruses, such as SARS-CoV-1 in 2003, MERS-CoV in 2012, and
SARS-CoV-2 (CoV-2) in 2019, have caused millions of deaths. These viruses have added to …

[HTML][HTML] WHO is recommending against the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in immunocompromised patients?

M Franchini, A Casadevall, MJ Joyner, D Focosi - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 is ravaging the globe, currently accounting for over
660 million infected people and more than 6.6 million deaths. As convalescent plasma had …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse events associated with molnupiravir: a real-world disproportionality analysis in food and drug administration adverse event reporting system

Y Liang, L Ma, Y Wang, J Zheng, L Su… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Molnupiravir, an urgently approved drug during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, serves as the basis for our study, which relies on the Food and Drug …

Antiviral activity of molnupiravir precursor NHC against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) and its therapeutic window in a human lung cell model

T Prince, I Donovan-Banfield, H Goldswain… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Synopsis Background The UK Medicines and Regulatory Healthcare Agency (MHRA) have
recently licensed the anti-viral drug, molnupiravir, for use in patients with mild-moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Role of SARS-CoV-2 mutations in the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic

P Colson, H Chaudet, J Delerce, P Pontarotti… - Journal of Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Summary Objectives The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and large-scale genomic surveillance
provided an exceptional opportunity to analyze mutations that appeared over three years in …