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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2022

SARS-CoV-2 variants: Impact on biological and clinical outcome.

Shakuntala Mahilkar, Sachee Agrawal, Sakshi Chaudhary, Swapneil Parikh, Subash C Sonkar, Dileep Kumar Verma, Vidushi Chitalia, Divya Mehta, Bidhan Chandra Koner, Neetu Vijay and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 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

12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Shakuntala MahilkarVector-Borne Diseases Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
Sachee AgrawalDepartment of Microbiology, Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC) and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair (BYL) Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sakshi ChaudharyVector-Borne Diseases Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
Swapneil ParikhMolecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Subash C SonkarMultidisciplinary Research Unit, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Dileep Kumar VermaVector-Borne Diseases Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
Vidushi ChitaliaMolecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Divya MehtaVector-Borne Diseases Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
Bidhan Chandra KonerMultidisciplinary Research Unit, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Neetu VijayDepartment of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.
Jayanthi ShastriDepartment of Microbiology, Topiwala National Medical College (TNMC) and Bai Yamunabai Laxman Nair (BYL) Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Sujatha SunilVector-Borne Diseases Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · INKasturba Hospital · INTopiwala National Medical College & BYL Nair Charitable Hospital · INMaulana Azad Medical College · INMinistry of Health and Family Welfare · INUniversity of Delhi · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that was first identified in December 2019, in Wuhan, China was found to be the etiological agent for a novel respiratory infection that led to a Coronavirus Induced Disease named COVID-19. The disease spread to pandemic magnitudes within a few weeks and since then we have been dealing with several waves across the world, due to the emergence of variants and novel mutations in this RNA virus. A direct outcome of these variants apart from the spike of cases is the diverse disease presentation and difficulty in employing effective diagnostic tools apart from confusing disease outcomes. Transmissibility rates of the variants, host response, and virus evolution are some of the features found to impact COVID-19 disease management. In this review, we will discuss the emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2, notable mutations in the viral genome, the possible impact of these mutations on detection, disease presentation, and management as well as the recent findings in the mechanisms that underlie virus-host interaction. Our aim is to invigorate a scientific debate on how pathogenic potential of the new pandemic viral strains contributes toward development in the field of virology in general and COVID-19 disease in particular.

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coronavirusCOVID-19diagnosticshost responseimmune escapeSARS-CoV-2variantsvirus evolution

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PMID36438034
PMCPMC9685312
OpenAlexW4308875860

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