Omicron BA. 2 lineage, the “stealth” variant: is it truly a silent epidemic? A literature review

G Tiecco, S Storti, S Arsuffi, M Degli Antoni… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The epidemic curve of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is
silently rising again. Worldwide, the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) is …

The emergence of the omicron (B. 1.1. 529) SARS-CoV-2 variant: what is the impact on the continued pandemic?

JA Al-Tawfiq, VT Hoang, N Le Bui, DT Chu… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2022 - Springer
Since the emergence of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Dec 2019, the world
continues to be facing a fierce pandemic characterized by multiple waves at various paces …

Emerging evidence on Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) SARS‐CoV‐2 variant

V Sharma, H Rai, DNS Gautam… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID's Omicron variant has sparked a slew of concerns across the globe. This review aims
to provide a brief overview of what we know about the Omicron variant right now. The new …

As the SARS-CoV-2 virus evolves, should Omicron subvariant BA. 2 be subjected to quarantine, or should we learn to live with it?

R Xu, W Wang, W Zhang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
It has been nearly 35 months since the COVID-19 outbreak. The pathogen SARS-CoV-2 has
evolved into several variants. Among them, Omicron is the fifth variant of concern which …

SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant: a challenge with COVID-19

Z Mohseni Afshar, A Tavakoli Pirzaman, B Karim… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have
been multiple peaks of the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

The omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: understanding the known and living with unknowns

NE Ingraham, DH Ingbar - Clinical and translational medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recently discovered Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2 has rapidly burst into the public
and scientific eye, being detected in more than 26 countries around the world. Given its …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron: A highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant

F Rahimi, ATB Abadi - Gene reports, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
More than two years ago, an unexpectedly high number of patients were reportedly
hospitalized with an atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Weeks later, the …

Recent insights into SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variant

SJR Silva, A Kohl, L Pena… - Reviews in medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) was first identified in Botswana and South
Africa, and its emergence has been associated with a steep increase in the number of SARS …

Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 imposes a new challenge for the global public health

Z Xu, K Liu, FG George - Biosafety and Health, 2022 - mednexus.org
Since its first discovery, the Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has evoked another wave of infection and caused global …

Evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variants BA. 1 to BA. 5: implications for immune escape and transmission

LB Shrestha, C Foster, W Rawlinson… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first dominant SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant BA. 1 harbours 35 mutations in its Spike
protein from the original SARS‐CoV‐2 variant that emerged late 2019. Soon after its …