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 …

The immunology of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection: what are the key questions?

RJ Boyton, DM Altmann - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
An important challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to understand
asymptomatic disease and the extent to which this may be a source of transmission. As …

Just 2% of SARS-CoV-2− positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in communities

Q Yang, TK Saldi, PK Gonzales, E Lasda… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
We analyze data from the fall 2020 pandemic response efforts at the University of Colorado
Boulder, where more than 72,500 saliva samples were tested for severe acute respiratory …

Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons towards a more effective response to public health emergencies

Y Assefa, CF Gilks, S Reid, R van de Pas… - Globalization and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a timely
reminder of the nature and impact of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern …

[HTML][HTML] Positive impact of oral hydroxychloroquine and povidone-iodine throat spray for COVID-19 prophylaxis: an open-label randomized trial

RCS Seet, AML Quek, DSQ Ooi, S Sengupta… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background We examined whether existing licensed pharmacotherapies could reduce the
spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods An open-label parallel …

Herd immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in 10 communities, Qatar

A Jeremijenko, H Chemaitelly… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated what proportion of the population acquired severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and whether the herd immunity threshold …

A potential association between obesity and reduced effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccine‐induced neutralizing humoral immunity

AA Faizo, FS Qashqari, SA El‐Kafrawy… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the adverse effects of obesity on host immunity, this study investigated the
effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines (BNT162b2, ChAdOx‐nCov‐2019, and mRNA‐1273) in …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical features and risk factors associated with morbidity and mortality among patients with COVID-19 in northern Ethiopia

HE Abraha, Z Gessesse, T Gebrecherkos… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the clinical features and assess the determinants of severity and in-
hospital mortality of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from a unique …