Therapeutic prospects of naturally occurring p38 MAPK inhibitors tanshinone IIA and pinocembrin for the treatment of SARS‐CoV‐2‐induced CNS complications

M Valipour - Phytotherapy Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
P38 mitogen‐activated protein kinase (p38 MAPK) signaling pathway is closely related to
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) replication and …

Saliva swabs are the preferred sample for Omicron detection

G Marais, N Hsiao, A Iranzadeh, D Doolabh, A Enoch… - Medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
The Omicron variant is characterised by more than 50 distinct mutations, the majority of
which are located in the spike protein. The implications of these mutations for disease …

Improved oral detection is a characteristic of Omicron infection and has implications for clinical sampling and tissue tropism

G Marais, N Hsiao, A Iranzadeh, D Doolabh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: The Omicron variant of concern is characterised by more than 50
distinct mutations, most in the spike protein. The implications of these for disease …

Assessing the clinical severity of the Omicron variant in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, using the diagnostic PCR proxy marker of RdRp target delay to …

H Hussey, MA Davies, A Heekes, C Williamson… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background At present, it is unclear whether the extent of reduced risk of severe disease
seen with SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant infection is caused by a decrease in variant …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron and Delta variant prevalence detection and identification during the fourth COVID-19 wave in Mexico using wastewater-based epidemiology

A Aguayo-Acosta, MA Oyervides-Muñoz… - IJID regions, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify the SARS-CoV-2 variants Delta and Omicron during the fourth wave of
the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico using samples taken from 19 locations in 18 out of the 32 …

A comparative analysis exposes an amplification delay distinctive to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of clinical and public health relevance

KL Brown, A Ceci, C Roby, R Briggs… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome may negatively impact a diagnostic test, have no
effect, or turn into an opportunity for rapid molecular screening of variants. Using an in …

How South Africa used national cycle threshold (ct) values to continuously monitor SARS-CoV-2 laboratory test quality

LE Scott, N Hsiao, G Dor, L Hans, P Marokane… - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The high demand for SARS-CoV-2 tests but limited supply to South African laboratories
early in the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a heterogenous diagnostic footprint of open and …

Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variant transitions using differences in diagnostic cycle threshold values of target genes

AE Bordoy, V Saludes, D Panisello Yagüe, G Clarà… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Monitoring the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants is important to detect potential risks
of increased transmission or disease severity. We investigated the identification of SARS …

Higher mortality associated with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in the Western Cape, South Africa, using RdRp target delay as a proxy

H Hussey, MA Davies, A Heekes, C Williamson… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
A novel proxy for the Delta variant, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase target delay in the
Seegene Allplex™ 2019-nCoV PCR assay, was associated with higher mortality (adjusted …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Zambia

J Tembo, NF Egbe, K Maluzi, K Mulonga… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To conduct a diagnostic validation study of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic kits. Methods
We compared SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test results from 3 RT-PCR assays used by the …