Role of the renin-angiotensin system in the development of COVID-19-associated neurological manifestations

LA Méndez-García, G Escobedo… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19, which has claimed millions of lives. This virus can infect
various cells and tissues, including the brain, for which numerous neurological symptoms …

COVID-19 in 16 West African countries: An assessment of the epidemiology and genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 after four epidemic waves

AJS Ndiaye, M Beye, A Sow, G Lo… - … American journal of …, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
West Africa faced the COVID-19 pandemic in early March 2020 and, as of March 31, 2022,
had more than 900,000 confirmed cases and more than 12,000 deaths. During this period …

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Germany: a cross-sectional, population-based study

S Umakanthan, S Lawrence - Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2022‏ - search.proquest.com
Study design This cross-sectional study was conducted in Germany, from 21 February 2021
to 3 April 2021, during the strict lockdown period of the third COVID-19 wave. A total of 2029 …

[HTML][HTML] Insight into genetic characteristics of identified SARS-CoV-2 variants in Egypt from March 2020 to May 2021

WH Roshdy, A Kandeil, R El-Shesheny, MK Khalifa… - Pathogens, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in
Egypt in February 2020. Data about the prevalence rates of the SARS-CoV-2 lineages are …

Technological Barriers to Routine Genomic Surveillance for Vaccine Development Against SARS‐CoV‐2 in Africa: A Systematic Review

KCC Konono, K Msusa, S M**anjira… - Influenza and Other …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, a public‐access database
for sharing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 genomic sequencing data, has …

An ncRNA transcriptomics-based approach to design siRNA molecules against SARS-CoV-2 double membrane vesicle formation and accessory genes

R Nawaz, MA Arif, Z Ahmad, A Ahad, M Shahid… - BMC Infectious …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background The corona virus SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of recent most global
pandemic. Its genome encodes various proteins categorized as non-structural, accessory …

Functional mutations of SARS-CoV-2: implications to viral transmission, pathogenicity and immune escape

S Dang, L Ren, J Wang - Chinese medical journal, 2022‏ - mednexus.org
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to major public health challenges globally. The …

Genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from Uganda using MinION nanopore sequencing

P Kia, E Katagirya, FE Kakembo, DA Adera… - Scientific Reports, 2023‏ - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 undergoes frequent mutations, affecting COVID-19 diagnostics, transmission
and vaccine efficacy. Here, we describe the genetic diversity of 49 SARS-CoV-2 samples …

Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 strains in COVID-19 patients from Djibouti shows novel mutations and clades replacing over time

IO Osman, A Levasseur, L Brechard… - Frontiers in …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Since the start of COVID-19 pandemic the Republic of Djibouti, in the horn of Africa, has
experienced two epidemic waves of the virus between April and August 2020 and between …

Genomic surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Burundi, from May 2021 to January 2022

C Nduwimana, N Nzoyikorera, A Ndihokubwayo… - BMC genomics, 2023‏ - Springer
Background The emergence and rapid spread of new severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) variants have challenged the control of the COVID-19 …