The biological and clinical significance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Tao, PL Tzou, J Nouhin, RK Gupta… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The past several months have witnessed the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants with novel
spike protein mutations that are influencing the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the …

Comparing COVID-19 vaccines for their characteristics, efficacy and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern: a narrative review

T Fiolet, Y Kherabi, CJ MacDonald, J Ghosn… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Vaccines are critical cost-effective tools to control the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. However, the emergence of variants of the severe acute respiratory …

REGEN-COV antibody combination and outcomes in outpatients with Covid-19

DM Weinreich, S Sivapalasingam… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In the phase 1–2 portion of an adaptive trial, REGEN-COV, a combination of the
monoclonal antibodies casirivimab and imdevimab, reduced the viral load and number of …

Safety and efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 vaccine

PT Heath, EP Galiza, DN Baxter, M Boffito… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Early clinical data from studies of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine (Novavax), a
recombinant nanoparticle vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Effects of previous infection and vaccination on symptomatic omicron infections

HN Altarawneh, H Chemaitelly, HH Ayoub… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The protection conferred by natural immunity, vaccination, and both against
symptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection with …

Duration of mRNA vaccine protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants in Qatar

H Chemaitelly, HH Ayoub, S AlMukdad, P Coyle… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants are genetically divergent. We
conducted a matched, test-negative, case-control study to estimate duration of protection of …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and novel therapeutics against coronavirus (COVID-19)

A Aleem, AS Ab, AK Slenker - 2021 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Describe the clinical manifestations, including extrapulmonary manifestations of
COVID-19. Outline the latest treatments available in the management of COVID-19 …

SARS-CoV-2 spike L452R variant evades cellular immunity and increases infectivity

C Motozono, M Toyoda, J Zahradnik, A Saito… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Many SARS-CoV-2 variants with naturally acquired mutations have emerged. These
mutations can affect viral properties such as infectivity and immune resistance. Although the …

Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course

TC Jones, G Biele, B Mühlemann, T Veith, J Schneider… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Although post facto studies have revealed the importance of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission from presymptomatic …

mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against the B. 1.1. 7 and B. 1.351 variants and severe COVID-19 disease in Qatar

H Chemaitelly, HM Yassine, FM Benslimane… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic continues to be a global health concern. The mRNA-1273
(Moderna) vaccine was reported to have an efficacy of 94.1% at preventing symptomatic …