COVID-19: breaking down a global health crisis

SI Mallah, OK Ghorab, S Al-Salmi, OS Abdellatif… - Annals of clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the second pandemic of the twenty-first
century, with over one-hundred million infections and over two million deaths to date. It is a …

Waves and variants of SARS-CoV-2: understanding the causes and effect of the COVID-19 catastrophe

V Thakur, S Bhola, P Thakur, SKS Patel, S Kulshrestha… - Infection, 2022 - Springer
The coronavirus disease-19 has left a permanent mark on the history of the human race.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA …

Assessment of protection against reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 among 4 million PCR-tested individuals in Denmark in 2020: a population-level observational study

CH Hansen, D Michlmayr, SM Gubbels, K Mølbak… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The degree to which infection with SARS-CoV-2 confers protection towards
subsequent reinfection is not well described. In 2020, as part of Denmark's extensive, free-of …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 variants lack higher infectivity but do have immune escape

Q Li, J Nie, J Wu, L Zhang, R Ding, H Wang, Y Zhang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The 501Y. V2 variants of SARS-CoV-2 containing multiple mutations in spike are now
dominant in South Africa and are rapidly spreading to other countries. Here, experiments …

Emergence of a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant in Southern California

W Zhang, BD Davis, SS Chen, JMS Martinez… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Regulatory review with waiver of consent was completed by Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center (CSMC). From all samples from symptomatic inpatients and ambulatory care (urgent …

Immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants: what have we learnt so far?

I Lazarevic, V Pravica, D Miljanovic, M Cupic - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the slow evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 relative to other RNA viruses, its massive
and rapid transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled it to acquire significant …

Effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on vaccine efficacy and response strategies

L Bian, F Gao, J Zhang, Q He, Q Mao, M Xu… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction As the global severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
pandemic continues to spread, several variants have emerged. Variants B. 1.1. 7 and B …

SARS‐CoV‐2‐neutralising monoclonal antibodies for treatment of COVID‐19

KL Chai, E Tomlinson, Z Khosravi… - Cochrane Database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are laboratory‐produced molecules derived
from the B cells of an infected host. They are being investigated as a potential therapy for …

Vaccine-escape and fast-growing mutations in the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Spain, India, and other COVID-19-devastated countries

R Wang, J Chen, K Gao, GW Wei - Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, the SARS-CoV-2 variants from the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa,
and Brazil have received much attention for their increased infectivity, potentially high …

SERS based lateral flow immunoassay for point-of-care detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples

S Yadav, MA Sadique, P Ranjan, N Kumar… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The current scenario, an ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, places a dreadful burden on the
healthcare system worldwide. Subsequently, there is a need for a rapid, user-friendly, and …