Pulmonary lesions following inoculation with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 (B.1.1.529) variant in Syrian golden hamsters

The omicron (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern does not readily infect Syrian hamsters

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Omicron Variant (B.1.1.529): Infectivity, Vaccine Breakthrough, and Antibody Resistance

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Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in South Africa: a data linkage study

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Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts tropism and fusogenicity

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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron virus causes attenuated disease in mice and hamsters

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An infectious SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 Omicron virus escapes neutralization by therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

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SARS-CoV-2 reinfection prevents acute respiratory disease in Syrian hamsters but not replication in the upper respiratory tract

(2022) Frederick Hansen et al.   Cell Reports

Divergent SARS CoV-2 Omicron-reactive T- and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

(2022) Corine H. GeurtsvanKessel et al.   Science Immunology

Loss of furin cleavage site attenuates SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis

(2021) Bryan A. Johnson et al.   NATURE

SARS-CoV-2 entry into human airway organoids is serine protease-mediated and facilitated by the multibasic cleavage site

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The Variant Gambit: COVID’s Next Move

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Intranasal fusion inhibitory lipopeptide prevents direct-contact SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets

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Human airway cells prevent SARS-CoV-2 multibasic cleavage site cell culture adaptation

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SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Human Antibodies Protect Against Lower Respiratory Tract Disease in a Hamster Model

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Emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern Omicron (B.1.1.529) - highlights Africa's research capabilities, but exposes major knowledge gaps, inequities of vaccine distribution, inadequacies in global COVID-19 response and control efforts

(2021) Eskild Petersen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evidence for a mouse origin of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

(2021) Changshuo Wei et al.   Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Heavily mutated Omicron variant puts scientists on alert

(2021) Ewen Callaway   NATURE

Decreased severity of disease during the first global omicron variant covid-19 outbreak in a large hospital in tshwane, south africa

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Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR

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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019

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Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters

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Comparative pathogenesis of COVID-19, MERS, and SARS in a nonhuman primate model

(2020) Barry Rockx et al.   SCIENCE