The evolution of SARS-CoV-2

PV Markov, M Ghafari, M Beer, K Lythgoe… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused millions of
deaths and substantial morbidity worldwide. Intense scientific effort to understand the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 viral load and shedding kinetics

O Puhach, B Meyer, I Eckerle - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 viral load and detection of infectious virus in the respiratory tract are the two
key parameters for estimating infectiousness. As shedding of infectious virus is required for …

Association between 3 doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine and symptomatic infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and Delta variants

EK Accorsi, A Britton, KE Fleming-Dutra, ZR Smith… - Jama, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Assessing COVID-19 vaccine performance against the rapidly spreading SARS-
CoV-2 Omicron variant is critical to inform public health guidance. Objective To estimate the …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and infectiousness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cevik, M Tate, O Lloyd, AE Maraolo, J Schafers… - The lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Viral load kinetics and duration of viral shedding are important determinants for
disease transmission. We aimed to characterise viral load dynamics, duration of viral RNA …

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a review of viral, host, and environmental factors

EA Meyerowitz, A Richterman, RT Gandhi… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiologic agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has spread globally in a few short months …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 infections

BD Kevadiya, J Machhi, J Herskovitz, MD Oleynikov… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread to nearly every
corner of the globe, causing societal instability. The resultant coronavirus disease 2019 …

Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses

NHL Leung - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Human respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and disease
severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide, as …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 202012/01 (B. 1.1. 7): an exploratory analysis of a randomised …

KRW Emary, T Golubchik, PK Aley, CV Ariani, B Angus… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, B. 1.1. 7, emerged as the dominant cause of
COVID-19 disease in the UK from November, 2020. We report a post-hoc analysis of the …

Duration of infectiousness and correlation with RT-PCR cycle threshold values in cases of COVID-19, England, January to May 2020

A Singanayagam, M Patel, A Charlett… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 viral load in the upper respiratory tract
peaks around symptom onset and infectious virus persists for 10 days in mild-to-moderate …

Defining and managing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria for research and clinical guidance

P Koehler, M Bassetti, A Chakrabarti… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes direct damage to the airway
epithelium, enabling aspergillus invasion. Reports of COVID-19-associated pulmonary …