Biothermodynamics of viruses from absolute zero (1950) to virothermodynamics (2022)

M Popovic - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biothermodynamics of viruses is among the youngest but most rapidly developing scientific
disciplines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it closely followed the results published by …

[PDF][PDF] Formulas for death and life: Chemical composition and biothermodynamic properties of Monkeypox (MPV, MPXV, HMPXV) and Vaccinia (VACV) viruses

M Popović - Thermal Science, 2022 - cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs
Today, the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency, caused by
the Monkeypox outbreak. In the monthly analysis for June, 3500 cases have been reported …

Thermodynamic insight into viral infections 2: empirical formulas, molecular compositions and thermodynamic properties of SARS, MERS and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID …

M Popovic, M Minceva - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The current situation with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic indicates the importance of new
approaches in vaccine design. In order to design new attenuated vaccines, to decrease …

Why doesn't Ebola virus cause pandemics like SARS-CoV-2?

M Popovic - Microbial risk analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Ebola virus is among the most dangerous, contagious and deadly etiological causes of viral
diseases. However, Ebola virus has never extensively spread in human population and …

Beyond COVID-19: Do biothermodynamic properties allow predicting the future evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants?

M Popovic - Microbial risk analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many statistical and epidemiological studies have been
published, trying to predict the future development of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. However …

Structural stability of SARS-CoV-2 virus like particles degrades with temperature

A Sharma, B Preece, H Swann, X Fan… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Other
known coronaviruses show a strong pattern of seasonality, with the infection cases in …

Thermal and hydrodynamic properties of coronavirus at various temperature and pressure via molecular dynamics approach

O Malekahmadi, A Zarei, MB Botlani Esfahani… - Journal of thermal …, 2021 - Springer
COVID-19 is an epidemic virus arising from a freshly discovered coronavirus. Most people
involved with the coronavirus will experience slight to moderate respiratory disease and …

The SARS-CoV-2 Hydra, a tiny monster from the 21st century: Thermodynamics of the BA. 5.2 and BF. 7 variants

M Popovic - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 resembles the ancient mythical creature Hydra. Just like with the Hydra, when
one head is cut, it is followed by appearance of two more heads, suppression of one SARS …

Eris-another brick in the wall: Empirical formulas, molar masses, biosynthesis reactions, enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs energy of Omicron EG. 5 Eris and EG. 5.1 …

ME Popović, MP Pavlović, M Popović - Microbial Risk Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Since 2019, when it appeared in Wuhan, in the wild type form later labeled Hu-1, SARS-CoV-
2 mutated dozens of times and evolved towards increase in infectivity and decrease or …

Using thermodynamic equilibrium models to predict the effect of antiviral agents on infectivity: Theoretical application to SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.

P Gale - Microbial risk analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic equilibrium models predict the infectivity of novel and emerging viruses
using molecular data including the binding affinity of the virus to the host cell (as …