The coronavirus is mutating - does it matter?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

192 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Diagnostic Tests for Border Screening During the Very Early Phase of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022
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2. SARS-CoV-2 variants with reduced infectivity and varied sensitivity to the BNT162b2 vaccine are developed during the course of infection.PLoS pathogens · 2022
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6. The XEC Variant: Genomic Evolution, Immune Evasion, and Public Health Implications.Viruses · 2025
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7. A novel method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG based on the gold immune chromatography assay.Scientific reports · 2025
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8. Broad-spectrum antiviral activity of the sigma-1 receptor antagonist PB28 against coronaviruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025
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9. Unfurling the Potential of Antiviral Agents Aimed for RNA Virus Ailment.Current drug targets · 2025
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10. Plausible mechanism of drug resistance and side-effects of COVID-19 therapeutics: a bottleneck for its eradication.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2024
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11. Exploring the relationship between cycle threshold values and oral manifestations in COVID-19: a comprehensive overview.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2024
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12. COVID-19 mutations: An overview.World journal of methodology · 2024
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13. COVID-19: from immune response to clinical intervention.Precision clinical medicine · 2024
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14. A Dynamic and Effective Peptide-Based Strategy for Promptly Addressing Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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15. Single-Molecule Investigation of the Binding Interface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants with ACE2.ACS nanoscience Au · 2024
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16. Genome-wide bioinformatics analysis of human protease capacity for proteolytic cleavage of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein.Microbiology spectrum · 2024
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17. Comparative analysis of COVID-19 and influenza prevalence among Egyptian pilgrims returning from Hajj and Umrah in 2022: epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and genomic sequencing.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2024
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18. Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 NSP10 highlight strong functional conservation of its binding to two non-structural proteins, NSP14 and NSP16.eLife · 2023
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19. Data-Driven Deep Learning Neural Networks for Predicting the Number of Individuals Infected by COVID-19 Omicron Variant.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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20. CovidShiny: An Integrated Web Tool for SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Profiling and Molecular Diagnosis Assay Evaluation In Silico.Viruses · 2023
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132 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

Corrections and comments

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  Making Sense of Mutation: What D614G Means for the COVID-19 Pandemic Remains Unclear.2020

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