Infection of the oral cavity with SARS-CoV-2 variants: Scope of salivary diagnostics
Coronaviruses, including #SARSCoV2, have caused pandemics in the past two decades. The most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can...
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
Coronaviruses, including #SARSCoV2, have caused pandemics in the past two decades. The most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can...
The pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (#SARSCoV2) is receiving worldwide attention, due to the severity...
Coronaviruses, including #SARSCoV2, have caused pandemics in the past two decades. The most prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can...
#SARSCoV2-induced #anorexia triggers systemic metabolic alterations. A new study shows that the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB)...
Just 10 months after the initial genome sequencing of the #SARSCoV2 virus, two mRNA vaccines were demonstrated to provide 95% efficacy...
Smell disruption from #COVID19 is becoming less-common, but millions of people still have problems with their sense of #smell. The...
A study found that people with food #allergies are less likely to become infected with the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus. The study also found...
Two studies show that immune cells infected with #SARSCoV2 can stimulate a large inflammatory response via #inflammasome activation. In...
3 recent preprints offer further evidence supporting the hypothesis that the #coronavirus spread from animals to people. A next step in...
Even a mild case of #COVID19 can damage the brain, leading to shrinkage equivalent to up to a decade of #aging, according to a new study....
Scientists in Canada discovered the 1st potential case of deer passing #coronavirus to a human, according to a preprint. The discovery...
New York City’s #wastewater contains #coronavirus sequences with unique mutations that have not been reported in human patients. There...
#LongCovid symptoms less likely in vaccinated people, Israeli data say. People who have had both #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus infection &...
Evolution of enhanced innate immune evasion by the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus. "Importance of mutations outside Spike in adaptation of...
by David Chambers, Michelle Brady, David Ojcius, Evelyn Cuny #COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus #dentistry #dental 1 PROBLEM What...
In the effort to track the spread of #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus, researchers are monitoring #wastewater in many locations around the state of...
A new study (not peer-reviewed yet) shows evidence that the #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus spreads widely in white-tailed deer, & the virus is...
#coronavirus #COVID #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 Back in the 1980s, scientists in the U.K. performed an experiment that — at first glance — sounds...
Because of multiple animal reservoirs, because vaccinated people can still experience breakthrough infections & because billions of...
The #SARSCoV2 #coronavirus could have spilled from animals to people multiple times, according to preliminary analysis of viral genomes...