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ReviewInternational journal of biological macromolecules2021

COVID-19: A review of newly formed viral clades, pathophysiology, therapeutic strategies and current vaccination tasks.

Chandran Murugan, Sharmiladevi Ramamoorthy, Guruprasad Kuppuswamy, Rajesh Kumar Murugan, Yuvaraj Sivalingam, Anandhakumar Sundaramurthy

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Review in International journal of biological macromolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multi-omics to study chronic respiratory diseases and viral infections.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  5. Sars-Cov2 Induced Biochemical Mechanisms in Liver Damage and Intestinal Lesions.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2022
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  9. Pill versus vaccine for COVID-19: Is there a genuine dilemma?Ethics, medicine, and public health · 2022
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  10. Strategies for fighting pandemic virus infections: Integration of virology and drug delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2022
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  11. SARS-CoV-2: Recent Variants and Clinical Efficacy of Antibody-Based Therapy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Chandran MuruganSRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sharmiladevi RamamoorthyDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
Guruprasad KuppuswamyDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rajesh Kumar MuruganDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
Yuvaraj SivalingamDepartment of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India.
Anandhakumar SundaramurthySRM Research Institute, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India; Department of Chemical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chengalpattu 603203, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: anandhas@srmist.edu.in.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Today, the world population is facing an existential threat by an invisible enemy known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) or COVID-19. It is highly contagious and has infected a larger fraction of human population across the globe on various routes of transmission. The detailed knowledge of the SARS-CoV-2 structure and clinical aspects offers an important insight into the evolution of infection, disease progression and helps in executing the different therapies effectively. Herein, we have discussed in detail about the genome structure of SARS-CoV-2 and its role in the proteomic rational spread of different muted species and pathogenesis in infecting the host cells. The mechanisms behind the viral outbreak and its immune response, the availability of existing diagnostics techniques, the treatment efficacy of repurposed drugs and the emerging vaccine trials for the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak also have been highlighted. Furthermore, the possible antiviral effects of various herbal products and their extracted molecules in inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 replication and cellular entry are also reported. Finally, we conclude our opinion on current challenges involved in the drug development, bulk production of drug/vaccines and their storage requirements, logistical procedures and limitations related to dosage trials for larger population.

Indexed as

COVID-19Disease OutbreaksDrug DevelopmentSARS-CoV-2VaccinationAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansAntiviral AgentsCOVID-19 VaccinesAnd drugsPhytocomponentSARS-CoV-2Spike protein mutationVaccinesVariants

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PMID34710479
PMCPMC8545698

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Registered trials

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