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ReviewExperimental and therapeutic medicine2022

Clinical challenges of SARS-CoV-2 variants (Review).

Cristian Cojocaru, Elena Cojocaru, Adina Magdalena Turcanu, Dragos Cosmin Zaharia

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Review in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cristian CojocaruMedical III Department, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Elena CojocaruMorpho-Functional Sciences II Department, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Adina Magdalena TurcanuMedical III Department, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Dragos Cosmin ZahariaDepartment 4 Cardio-thoracic Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy 'Carol Davila', 050471 Bucharest, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, there have been challenges recognizing the clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 and identifying therapeutic options. This has been compounded by viral mutations that affect clinical response and primary epidemiological indicators. Multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been identified and classified on the basis of nomenclature implemented by scientific organizations and the World Health Organisation (WHO). A total of five variants of concern (VOCs) have been identified to date. The present study aimed to analyse clinical and epidemiological features of each variant. Based on these characteristics, predictions were made about potential future evolution. Considering the time and location of SARS-CoV-2 VOC emergence, it was hypothesised that mutations were not due to pressure caused by the vaccines introduced in December 2020 but were dependent on natural characteristics of the virus. In the process of adapting to the human body, SARS-CoV-2 is expected to undergo evolution to become more contagious but less deadly. SARS-CoV-2 was hypothesized to continue spread through isolated epidemic outbreaks due to the unimmunized population, mostly unvaccinated children and adults, and for coronaviruses to continue to present a public health problem.

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coronavirusmutationSARS-CoV-2symptomatologyvariant

Identifiers

PMID35601074
PMCPMC9117961

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