A review of the potential of conventional and advanced membrane technology in the removal of pathogens from wastewater

AM Nasir, MR Adam, SNEAM Kamal, J Jaafar… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Consumption of pathogenic contaminated water has claimed the lives of many people.
Hence, this scenario has emphasized the urgent need for research methods to avoid, treat …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron variant: Current insights and future directions

R Rana, R Kant, RS Huirem, D Bohra… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The global COVID-19 outbreak has returned with the identification of the SARS-CoV-2
Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) after appearing to be persistently spreading for the more than …

Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529): infectivity, vaccine breakthrough, and antibody resistance

J Chen, R Wang, NB Gilby, GW Wei - Journal of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The latest severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant Omicron
(B. 1.1. 529) has ushered panic responses around the world due to its contagious and …

Sequence analysis of the emerging SARS‐CoV‐2 variant Omicron in South Africa

L Wang, G Cheng - Journal of medical virology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the worldwide vaccination, the COVID‐19 pandemic continues as SARS‐CoV‐2
evolves into numerous variants. Since the first identification of the novel SARS‐CoV‐2 …

Omicron BA. 2 (B. 1.1. 529.2): high potential for becoming the next dominant variant

J Chen, GW Wei - The journal of physical chemistry letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Omicron variant has three subvariants: BA. 1 (B. 1.1. 529.1), BA. 2 (B. 1.1. 529.2), and
BA. 3 (B. 1.1. 529.3). BA. 2 is found to be able to alarmingly reinfect patients originally …

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 …

Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 evolution revealing vaccine-resistant mutations in Europe and America

R Wang, J Chen, GW Wei - The journal of physical chemistry …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The importance of understanding SARS-CoV-2 evolution cannot be overlooked. Recent
studies confirm that natural selection is the dominating mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 …

Emerging vaccine-breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 variants

R Wang, J Chen, Y Hozumi, C Yin… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The surge of COVID-19 infections has been fueled by new SARS-CoV-2 variants, namely
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so forth. The molecular mechanism underlying such surge …

Persistent Laplacian projected Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 to become new dominating variants

J Chen, Y Qiu, R Wang, GW Wei - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to its high transmissibility, Omicron BA. 1 ousted the Delta variant to become a
dominating variant in late 2021 and was replaced by more transmissible Omicron BA. 2 in …

Artificial intelligence and internet of things (AI-IoT) technologies in response to COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

JI Khan, J Khan, F Ali, F Ullah, J Bacha, S Lee - Ieee Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The origin of the COVID-19 pandemic has given overture to redirection, as well as
innovation to many digital technologies. Even after the progression of vaccination efforts …