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 …

COVID-19 vaccine update: vaccine effectiveness, SARS-CoV-2 variants, boosters, adverse effects, and immune correlates of protection

WY Chi, YD Li, HC Huang, TEH Chan, SY Chow… - Journal of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most severe public health
challenge in this century. Two years after its emergence, the rapid development and …

Intramuscular AZD7442 (tixagevimab–cilgavimab) for prevention of Covid-19

MJ Levin, A Ustianowski, S De Wit… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The monoclonal-antibody combination AZD7442 is composed of tixagevimab
and cilgavimab, two neutralizing antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Clinical severity of, and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against, covid-19 from omicron, delta, and alpha SARS-CoV-2 variants in the United States: prospective …

AS Lauring, MW Tenforde, JD Chappell, M Gaglani… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To characterize the clinical severity of covid-19 associated with the alpha, delta,
and omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants among adults admitted to hospital and to compare the …

Global landscape of SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and data sharing

Z Chen, AS Azman, X Chen, J Zou, Y Tian, R Sun… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genomic surveillance has shaped our understanding of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. We performed a global landscape analysis on SARS …

Duration of mRNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants in Qatar

H Chemaitelly, HH Ayoub, S AlMukdad, P Coyle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants are genetically divergent. We
conducted a matched, test-negative, case-control study to estimate duration of protection of …

Effect of mRNA vaccine boosters against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection in Qatar

LJ Abu-Raddad, H Chemaitelly… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Waning of vaccine protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and
the emergence of the omicron (or B. 1.1. 529) variant of the severe acute respiratory …

Waning of BNT162b2 vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection in Qatar

H Chemaitelly, P Tang, MR Hasan… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Waning of vaccine protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection or coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a concern …

Progress of the COVID-19 vaccine effort: viruses, vaccines and variants versus efficacy, effectiveness and escape

JS Tregoning, KE Flight, SL Higham, Z Wang… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Where 2020 saw the development and testing of vaccines against severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) at an unprecedented pace, the first half of 2021 has …

Effects of previous infection and vaccination on symptomatic omicron infections

HN Altarawneh, H Chemaitelly, HH Ayoub… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The protection conferred by natural immunity, vaccination, and both against
symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with …