Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a recently emerged
pathogenic human coronavirus that belongs to the sarbecovirus lineage of the genus …

The unprecedented public health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused
by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been …

Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 2.12. 1 and BA. 4/5 have surged notably to
become dominant in the United States and South Africa, respectively,. These new …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages BA.
2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 exhibit higher transmissibility than the BA. 2 lineage. The receptor …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron BA. 1 sublineage has been
supplanted in many countries by the BA. 2 sublineage. BA. 2 differs from BA. 1 by about 21 …

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant contains 15 mutations of the
receptor-binding domain (RBD). How Omicron evades RBD-targeted neutralizing antibodies …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was first identified in November 2021 in
Botswana and South Africa,–. It has since spread to many countries and is expected to …

Abstract The B. 1.1. 529/Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was only recently detected in
southern Africa, but its subsequent spread has been extensive, both regionally and globally …

The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant suggests that the virus might become
globally dominant. Further, the high number of mutations in the viral spike protein raised …