Elisson N Lopes, Vagner Fonseca, Diego Frias, Stephane Tosta, Álvaro Salgado, Ricardo Assunção Vialle, Toscano S Paulo Eduardo, Fernanda K Barreto, Vasco Ariston de Azevedo, Michele Guarino, Silvia Angeletti, Massimo Ciccozzi, Luiz C Junior Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti
Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly widespread worldwide becoming one of the major global public health issues of the last centuries. Currently, COVID-19 vaccine rollouts are finally upon us carrying the hope of herd immunity once a sufficient proportion of the population has been vaccinated or infected, as a new horizon. However, the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants brought concerns since, as the virus is exposed to environmental selection pressures, it can mutate and evolve, generating variants that may possess enhanced virulence...
September 2021: Journal of Medical Virology