The next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology

BB Oude Munnink, N Worp, DF Nieuwenhuijse… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the first to apply whole-
genome sequencing near to real time, with over 2 million severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) and its sublineages: What do we know so far amid the emergence of recombinant variants of SARS-CoV-2?

M Dhawan, ARA Saied, S Mitra, FA Alhumaydhi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been
reported worldwide. The advent of variants of concern (VOCs) raises severe concerns amid …

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 …

Multiplexed CRISPR-based microfluidic platform for clinical testing of respiratory viruses and identification of SARS-CoV-2 variants

NL Welch, M Zhu, C Hua, J Weller, ME Mirhashemi… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated a clear
need for high-throughput, multiplexed and sensitive assays for detecting severe acute …

Impact of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants on mRNA vaccine-induced immunity

C Lucas, CBF Vogels, I Yildirim, JE Rothman, P Lu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with mutations in major neutralizing antibody-
binding sites can affect humoral immunity induced by infection or vaccination,,,,–. Here we …

Immunogenicity and safety of the CoronaVac inactivated vaccine in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a phase 4 trial

AC Medeiros-Ribeiro, NE Aikawa, CGS Saad… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
CoronaVac, an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, has been approved for emergency use in
several countries. However, its immunogenicity in immunocompromised individuals has not …

Simplified Cas13-based assays for the fast identification of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants

J Arizti-Sanz, AD Bradley, YB Zhang… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
The widespread transmission and evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) call for rapid nucleic acid diagnostics that are easy to use …

Comparative transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants delta and alpha in New England, USA

R Earnest, R Uddin, N Matluk, N Renzette… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
Summary The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant rose to dominance in mid-2021, likely propelled by
an estimated 40%–80% increased transmissibility over Alpha. To investigate if this …

Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

J Singh, P Pandit, AG McArthur, A Banerjee… - Virology journal, 2021 - Springer
The emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), and more recently, the independent evolution of multiple SARS-CoV-2 …

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned

SJR da Silva, JCF do Nascimento… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
and virulent human-infecting coronavirus that emerged in late December 2019 in Wuhan …