A Variant of Concern (VOC) Omicron: Characteristics, Transmissibility, and Impact on Vaccine Effectiveness by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Jodi Woan-Fei Law

“…Almost three years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has constantly been mutating, producing variants with evolutionary advantages. …”
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Mixed Intervillositis in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Associated with Fetal Death: A Case Report by Boban Gjakov, Darja Kopač, Mateja Vukmanič Pohar, Miha Lučovnik

“…Maternal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been shown in epidemiological studies to be associated with an increased risk of stillbirth. …”
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A COVID-19 Patient Presenting with Pneumothorax by Seyyedeh Narjes Abootalebi, Eslam Shorafa, Alireza Abbaspour, Seyed Sina Dehghani, Mehdi Forooghi

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel virus that has affected millions of individuals across the world. …”
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Infectious Disease Management: Lessons from Cuba by Noni E Macdonald, Beth Halperin, Enrique Beldarrain Chaple, Jeff Scott, John M Kirk

“…The Escherichia coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario (1), the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Toronto, Ontario (2) and the Clostridium difficile hospital outbreak in Montreal, Quebec (3), have cost lives, grabbed headlines and stressed local health care systems. …”
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Gut-Lung Axis in COVID-19 by Imane Allali, Youssef Bakri, Saaïd Amzazi, Hassan Ghazal

“…COVID-19 is a pandemic infection of the respiratory system caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) was found in many parts of the COVID-19 patients including the stool, suggesting a potential interaction with the host’s gut microbiome. …”
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COVID-19 Booster Vaccines Administration in Different Countries by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that resulted in the COVID-19 global pandemic had consequently led to the development of different types of COVID-19 vaccines, including the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, inactivated virus vaccines, a protein subunit vaccine, and viral vector recombinant vaccines. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic and Dental Practice by Anuraj Singh Kochhar, Ritasha Bhasin, Gulsheen Kaur Kochhar, Himanshu Dadlani

“…SARS-CoV-2, a virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome, has inundated the whole world, generating global health concerns. …”
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Oral Manifestations of Exudative Erythema Multiforme in a Patient with COVID-19 by Zana Sllamniku Dalipi, Fatmir Dragidella, Donika Kastrati Dragidella

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a viral infection with multiorgan manifestations that may affect the oral mucosa. …”
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Noninvasive Ventilation in Treatment of Respiratory Failure-Related COVID-19 Infection: Review of the Literature by Bushra Mina, Alexander Newton, Vijay Hadda

“…The recently diagnosed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in December 2019 commonly affects the respiratory system. …”
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Protective Immunity against SARS Subunit Vaccine Candidates Based on Spike Protein: Lessons for Coronavirus Vaccine Development by Atin Khalaj-Hedayati

“…Although several attempts have been made to develop vaccines against human coronavirus infections since the emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003, there is no available licensed vaccine yet. …”
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Control Strategies to Curtail Transmission of COVID-19 by Nita H. Shah, Ankush H. Suthar, Ekta N. Jayswal

“…On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) a pandemic and a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. …”
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Ocular neuroinflammatory response secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection-a review by Yun Zhao, Ying Tang, Qi Yao Wang, Jia Li

“…With the consistent occurrence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, the prevalence of various ocular complications has increased over time. …”
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Assessment of the impact of COVID-19 on the hearing organ by Jan Piotrowski, Bianka Nowińska, Izabela Hądzlik

“…Otologic dysfunctions are an unusual manifestation of COVID-19 infection. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a probable etiological agent of hearing organ dysfunction, including sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Generalized COVID-19 Deterministic Disease Model by Shuo Li, Nasir Hussain, Ihsan Ullah Khan, Amjid Hussain, Shewafera Wondimagegnhu Teklu

“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infection that can result in lung issues such as pneumonia and, in extreme situations, the most severe acute respiratory syndrome. COVID-19 is widely investigated by researchers through mathematical models from different aspects. …”
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Insights into COVID-19 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) by Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Ke-Yan Loo, Kyle Bond Chene Tan, Jenny May-Sim Lau, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“… Since beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), different variants of concern (VOC) have been discovered. …”
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The Protective Potential Role of ACE2 against COVID-19 by Fereshteh Golab, Gelareh Vahabzadeh, Leila SadeghRoudbari, Arefeh Shirazi, Robabeh Shabani, Sara Tanbakooei, Lida Kooshesh

“…The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has been shown as a necessary receptor to cell fusion, which is involved in infection due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is commonly crucial for all organs and systems. …”
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Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cellular Responses to Entry of Virions: One Kind of Natural Nanobiomaterial by Zheng Liu, Shuyu Liu, Jinming Cui, Yurong Tan, Jian He, Jingqiang Zhang

“…For this paper, we chose Bombyx mori cypovirus 1 (BmCPV-1) interactions with midgut cells from silkworm, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) associated coronavirus interactions with Vero E6 cells, as examples to demonstrate the response of eukaryotic cells to two different types of virus from our previous studies. …”
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COVID-19 Whole-Genome Resequencing with Redundant Tiling PCR and Subtract-Based Amplicon Normalization Successfully Characterized SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Clinical Specimens by Tatsuki Sugi, Mizanur Rahman, Rummana Rahim, Abu Hasan, Naoko Kawai, Kyoko Hayashida, Junya Yamagishi

“…With an increasing number of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequences gathered worldwide, we recognize that deletion mutants and nucleotide substitutions that may affect whole-genome sequencing are accumulating. …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Manifestation as Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young, Healthy Male by Prerak Juthani, Rohan Bhojwani, Neil Gupta

“…In this case report, we describe a 29-year-old nonobese hospital food service associate who presented with diffuse abdominal and chest pain; he was found to be positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with significantly elevated levels of troponin T and multiple acute phase reactants; his EKG demonstrated ST-elevations consistent with anterolateral infarction. …”
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Novel Approaches to Diagnose COVID-19 by Solaf Jawhar Ali

“…An widespread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019 has occurred worldwide.  …”
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