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SynthesisIndian journal of pharmacology

Update on geographical variation and distribution of SARS-nCoV-2: A systematic review.

Manisha Prajapat, Vrishbhanu Handa, Phulen Sarma, Ajay Prakash, Hardeep Kaur, Saurabh Sharma, Anusuya Bhattacharyya, Subodh Kumar, Amit Raj Sharma, Pramod Avti and 1 more

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Synthesis in Indian journal of pharmacology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manisha PrajapatDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Vrishbhanu HandaDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Phulen SarmaDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Ajay PrakashDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Hardeep KaurDepartment of Paediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Saurabh SharmaDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Anusuya BhattacharyyaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
Subodh KumarDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Amit Raj SharmaDepartment of Neurology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Pramod AvtiDepartment of Biophysics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Bikash MedhiDepartment of Pharmacology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge of a new mutant strain of SARS-coronavirus (CoV-2) is enormously essential to identify a targeted drug and for the development of the vaccine. In this article, we systematically reviewed the different mutation strains (variant of concern [VOC] and variant of interest [VOI]) which were found in different countries such as the UK, Singapore, China, Germany, Vietnam, Western Africa, Dublin, Ireland, Brazil, Iran, Italy, France, America, and Philippines. We searched four literature databases (PubMed, EMBASE, NATURE, and Willey online library) with suitable keywords and the time filter was November 2019 to June 16, 2021. To understand the worldwide spread of variants of SARS-CoV-2, we included a total of 27 articles of case reports, clinical and observational studies in the systematic review. However, these variants mostly spread because of their ability to increase transmission, virulence, and escape immunity. So, in this paper is we found mutated strains of SARS-CoV-2 like VOCs that are found in different regions across the globe are ALPHA strain in the U.K, BETA strain in South Africa, GAMMA strain in Brazil, Gamma and Beta strains in European Countries, and some VOIs like Theta variant in the Philippines.

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MutationCOVID-19GenotypeHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansMolecular EpidemiologySARS-CoV-2COVID-19geographical variantsmutationSARS-CoV-2strains

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PMID34414910
PMCPMC8411960
OpenAlexW3194302775

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