The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.
Curr Biol
; 31(14): R918-R929, 2021 07 26.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1284029
ABSTRACT
One year into the global COVID-19 pandemic, the focus of attention has shifted to the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs). After nearly a year of the pandemic with little evolutionary change affecting human health, several variants have now been shown to have substantial detrimental effects on transmission and severity of the virus. Public health officials, medical practitioners, scientists, and the broader community have since been scrambling to understand what these variants mean for diagnosis, treatment, and the control of the pandemic through nonpharmaceutical interventions and vaccines. Here we explore the evolutionary processes that are involved in the emergence of new variants, what we can expect in terms of the future emergence of VOCs, and what we can do to minimise their impact.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19 Vaccines
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
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Variants
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Curr Biol
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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