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ReviewPathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

SARS-CoV-2: An Overview of the Genetic Profile and Vaccine Effectiveness of the Five Variants of Concern.

Raluca Dumache, Alexandra Enache, Ioana Macasoi, Cristina Adriana Dehelean, Victor Dumitrascu, Alexandra Mihailescu, Roxana Popescu, Daliborca Vlad, Cristian Sebastian Vlad, Camelia Muresan

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In one paragraph

Review in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Raluca DumacheEthics and Human Identification Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Alexandra EnacheEthics and Human Identification Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Ioana MacasoiDepartament of Toxicology and Drug Industry, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.
Cristina Adriana DeheleanDepartament of Toxicology and Drug Industry, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Victor Babeş" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timişoara, Romania.
Victor DumitrascuDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Discipline of Pharmacology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Alexandra MihailescuEthics and Human Identification Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Roxana PopescuDepartment of Microscopic Morphology, Discipline of Molecular and Cell Biology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9387-1141
Daliborca VladDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Discipline of Pharmacology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Cristian Sebastian VladDepartment of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Discipline of Pharmacology, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Camelia MuresanEthics and Human Identification Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania.
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, enormous efforts have been made to understand the genus SARS-CoV-2. Due to the high rate of global transmission, mutations in the viral genome were inevitable. A full understanding of the viral genome and its possible changes represents one of the crucial aspects of pandemic management. Structural protein S plays an important role in the pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2, mutations occurring at this level leading to viral forms with increased affinity for ACE2 receptors, higher transmissibility and infectivity, resistance to neutralizing antibodies and immune escape, increasing the risk of infection and disease severity. Thus, five variants of concern are currently being discussed, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Omicron. In the present review, a comprehensive summary of the following critical aspects regarding SARS-CoV-2 has been made: (i) the genomic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2; (ii) the pathological mechanism of transmission, penetration into the cell and action on specific receptors; (iii) mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome; and (iv) possible implications of mutations in diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination.

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evolutiongenetic variationmutagenesisSARS-CoV-2Spike protein

Identifiers

PMID35631037
PMCPMC9144800
OpenAlexW4224944469

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Registered trials

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