The omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Understanding the known and living with unknowns

The recently discovered Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2 has rapidly burst into the public and scientific eye, being detected in more than 26 countries around the world. Given its more than 50 mutations, there is widespread concern about its public health impact, leading the World Health Organization t...

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Autores principales: Ingraham, Nicholas E., Ingbar, David H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8673343/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34911167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.685
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spelling pubmed-86733432021-12-22 The omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Understanding the known and living with unknowns Ingraham, Nicholas E. Ingbar, David H. Clin Transl Med Commentary The recently discovered Omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2 has rapidly burst into the public and scientific eye, being detected in more than 26 countries around the world. Given its more than 50 mutations, there is widespread concern about its public health impact, leading the World Health Organization to designate it a variant of concern. This Commentary provides a summary of current knowledge and unknowns about this viral variant as of December 2, 2021 and summarizes the key questions that need to be rapidly answered. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8673343/ /pubmed/34911167 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.685 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical and Translational Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Shanghai Institute of Clinical Bioinformatics https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The omicron variant of SARS‐CoV‐2: Understanding the known and living with unknowns
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