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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2022

Could the New BA.2.75 Sub-Variant Cause the Emergence of a Global Epidemic of COVID-19? A Scoping Review.

Nour Shaheen, Abdelrahman Mohamed, Almoatazbellah Attalla, Rehab Adel Diab, Sarya Swed, Abdulqadir J Nashwan, Ala' Abdala Rababah, Mahmoud Tarek Hefnawy, Youssef Soliman, Omar Ahmed Abdelwahab and 5 more

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In one paragraph

Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2022. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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, 17 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

15 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Nour ShaheenAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-8663-4044
Abdelrahman MohamedAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Almoatazbellah AttallaAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Rehab Adel DiabFaculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Medical Research Group of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
Sarya SwedAleppo University, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo, Syria.
Abdulqadir J NashwanHamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-4845-4119
Ala' Abdala RababahInternal Medicine, King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-6173-2833
Mahmoud Tarek HefnawyFaculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt, Medical Research Group of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-7912-6399
Youssef SolimanFaculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Omar Ahmed AbdelwahabFaculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, Medical Research Group of Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
Mariam Tarek DesoukiAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Abdulrhman KhaityFaculty of Medicine, Elrazi University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Ahmed ShaheenAlexandria Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Abdelraouf RamadanFaculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mostafa MeshrefNeurology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EGAl-Azhar University · EGAssiut University · EGElrazi UniversityHamad Medical Corporation · QAHelwan University · EGKing Hussein Medical Center · JOUniversity of Aleppo · SYZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With over 58 million cases and 6 million deaths by August 2022, the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), causing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARs-CoV-2), has had an insurmountable impact on the world's population. This is one of the worst health crises since 1918's influenza pandemic. There are four subvariants of Omicron; BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2 and BA.3. As a result of new mutations in its spike protein, most of which occur in its receptor binding site, the Omicron variant appears to be more transmissible and less resistant to vaccination and antibody response. Understanding Omicron's virology and mutations is essential to developing diagnostic and therapeutic methods. A thorough assessment of control measures, as well as timely adjustment of control measures, requires addressing such issues as re-infection risk, vaccine response, booster vaccine doses, and the increased rate of Omicron infections. This review article aims to look at the current information about the different types of SARs-CoV-2, focusing on the new subtype BA.2.75.

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COVID-19Omicronoutbreaksubvariant, BA.2.75

Identifiers

PMID36345537
PMCPMC9635999
OpenAlexW4307681057

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