The D614G virus mutation enhances anosmia in COVID-19 patients: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from South Asia

CS von Bartheld, MM Hagen… - ACS Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The prevalence of chemosensory dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 varies greatly
between populations. It is unclear whether such differences are due to factors at the level of …

Structural and functional insights into the spike protein mutations of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

D Gupta, P Sharma, M Singh, M Kumar… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Since the emergence of the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the viral genome has …

Portable nanopore-sequencing technology: Trends in development and applications

P Chen, Z Sun, J Wang, X Liu, Y Bai, J Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Sequencing technology is the most commonly used technology in molecular biology
research and an essential pillar for the development and applications of molecular biology …

Pre-existing antibody levels negatively correlate with antibody titers after a single dose of BBV152 vaccination

S Das, J Singh, H Shaman, B Singh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Many adults in India have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine with or without a
prior history SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, there is limited information on the effect of …

SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a tri-national urban area is dominated by a B. 1 lineage variant linked to a mass gathering event

M Stange, A Mari, T Roloff, HMB Seth-Smith… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The first case of SARS-CoV-2 in Basel, Switzerland was detected on February 26th 2020.
We present a phylogenetic study to explore viral introduction and evolution during the …

Nanopore sequencing technology and its applications

P Zheng, C Zhou, Y Ding, B Liu, L Lu, F Zhu… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the development of Sanger sequencing in 1977, sequencing technology has played a
pivotal role in molecular biology research by enabling the interpretation of biological genetic …

Genomic assessment of quarantine measures to prevent SARS-CoV-2 importation and transmission

D Aggarwal, AJ Page, U Schaefer, GM Savva… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission from international travel is a priority. We evaluated
the effectiveness of travellers being required to quarantine for 14-days on return to England …

Targeting DPP4-RBD interactions by sitagliptin and linagliptin delivers a potential host-directed therapy against pan-SARS-CoV-2 infections

S Mani, A Kaur, K Jakhar, G Kumari, S Sonar… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 is known aetiological factor for COVID-19. Here, we have
demonstrated that the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein can interact with …

Respiratory co-infections: modulators of SARS-CoV-2 patients' clinical sub-phenotype

P Mehta, S Sahni, S Siddiqui, N Mishra… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Co-infection with ancillary pathogens is a significant modulator of morbidity and mortality in
infectious diseases. There have been limited reports of co-infections accompanying SARS …

Spatio-temporal dynamics of intra-host variability in SARS-CoV-2 genomes

AK Pathak, GP Mishra, B Uppili, S Walia… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, large-scale genome sequencing of SARS-
CoV-2 has been useful in tracking its spread and in identifying variants of concern (VOC) …