ArticleMicrobial pathogenesis2022
Increasing the frequency of omicron variant mutations boosts the immune response and may reduce the virus virulence.
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- Omicron variant: Current insights and future directions.Microbiological research · 2022Review
- Need of booster vaccine doses to counteract the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the context of the Omicron variant and increasing COVID-19 cases: An update.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- Cumulative effects of air pollution and climate drivers on COVID-19 multiwaves in Bucharest, Romania.Process safety and environmental protection : transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, Part B · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 and Coronavirus Disease Mitigation: Treatment Options, Vaccinations and Variants.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
The coronavirus has posed a serious threat to the world since its discovery in Wuhan in 2019. Beta, gamma, delta, and the final omicron variants have emerged as a result of several mutations in the virion structure. The Australian Omicron S protein variant contains 37 mutations out of a total of 67 mutations. According to preliminary data from South Africa, Omicron variant infection is not associated with any particular symptoms. The purpose of this research was to determine how changes in the structure of the S protein alter the protein's interaction with the ACE2 receptor. The Omicron variant stimulates the immune response more than the wild strain.
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