Perspective Chapter: SARS-CoV-2 Variants – Two Years Post-Onset of the Pandemic

Adekunle Sanyaolu,Aleksandra Marinkovic,Stephanie Prakash,Chuku Okorie, Abdul Jan,Priyank Desai, Abdus Sattar Abbasi,Jasmine Mangat,Zaheeda Hosein, Kareem A. Hamdy, Nafees Haider,Nasar Khan, Rochelle Annan, Olanrewaju Badaru,Ricardo Izurieta,Stella Ifeanyi Smith

Infectious diseases(2023)

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Since the pandemic began in China in December 2019, thousands of variants of SARS-CoV-2 have emerged globally since late 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) defined the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern (VOC) as a variant with increased transmissibility, virulence, and decreased response to available diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. Areas of the emerging variant of concern arise from countries like the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, and India. These mutations carry a lineage from N501Y, D614G, N439K, Y453F, and others, which are globally dominated by clades 20A, 20B, and 20C. SARS-CoV-2 VOC emerged after 11 months of evolution since the onset through massive human-to-human transmission with five major VOCs recognized by the WHO, namely Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron. Their emergence could be attributed to changing immunological dynamics in the human population, which has resulted in resistance or escape from neutralizing antibodies, or to mutations and/or recombinations that increase transmission or pathogenicity. This literature review intends to identify and report on SARS-CoV-2 variants that have evolved two years post-onset of the pandemic and their disease implications.
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