Editorial

. 2022 Jan-Feb:45:102234.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102234. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts - What is known so far?

Sujan Poudel¹, Angela Ishak¹, Javier Perez-Fernandez², Efrain Garcia³, Darwin A León-Figueroa⁴, Luccio Romaní⁵, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana⁶, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Research and Academic Affairs, Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, USA.
² Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program, Larkin University, Miami, USA.
³ Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Training Program, Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, USA.
⁴ Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Peru; Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Peruana, Lima, Peru; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Veritas (SCIEMVE), Chiclayo, Peru; Emerge, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes y Cambio Climático, Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru.
⁵ Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Peru; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Veritas (SCIEMVE), Chiclayo, Peru; Emerge, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes y Cambio Climático, Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru.
⁶ Semillero de Investigación en Zoonosis (SIZOO), Grupo de Investigación GISCA, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de Las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, 660003, Colombia; Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁷ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, 660003, Colombia; Grupo de Investigacion Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de Las Americas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Universidad Cientifica Del Sur, Lima, Peru; School of Medicine, Universidad Privada Franz Tamayo (UNIFRANZ), Cochabamba, Bolivia; Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: arodriguezmo@cientifica.edu.pe.

PMID: 34896326
PMCID: PMC8666662
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102234

Editorial

Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts - What is known so far?

Sujan Poudel et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Jan-Feb.

. 2022 Jan-Feb:45:102234.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102234. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Authors

Sujan Poudel¹, Angela Ishak¹, Javier Perez-Fernandez², Efrain Garcia³, Darwin A León-Figueroa⁴, Luccio Romaní⁵, D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana⁶, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales⁷

Affiliations

¹ Division of Research and Academic Affairs, Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, USA.
² Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program, Larkin University, Miami, USA.
³ Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship Training Program, Larkin Community Hospital, Miami, USA.
⁴ Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Peru; Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Peruana, Lima, Peru; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Veritas (SCIEMVE), Chiclayo, Peru; Emerge, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes y Cambio Climático, Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru.
⁵ Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Chiclayo, Peru; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Veritas (SCIEMVE), Chiclayo, Peru; Emerge, Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Emergentes y Cambio Climático, Facultad de Salud Pública y Administración, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Peru.
⁶ Semillero de Investigación en Zoonosis (SIZOO), Grupo de Investigación GISCA, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de Las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, 660003, Colombia; Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia.
⁷ Latin American Network of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Research (LANCOVID), Pereira, 660003, Colombia; Grupo de Investigacion Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundacion Universitaria Autonoma de Las Americas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia; Universidad Cientifica Del Sur, Lima, Peru; School of Medicine, Universidad Privada Franz Tamayo (UNIFRANZ), Cochabamba, Bolivia; Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. Electronic address: arodriguezmo@cientifica.edu.pe.

PMID: 34896326
PMCID: PMC8666662
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102234

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Keywords: COVID-19; Emerging; Omicron; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Variant of concern.

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Omicron variant of concern. Global case distribution, molecular characteristics and phylodynamics (by GISAID analyses), up to December 3, 2021 (https://www.gisaid.org/). Total of cases per country: United States (40), Canada (28), Brazil (5), Japan (3), Switzerland (9), Spain (11), Portugal (13), France (11), Netherlands (27), Belgium (17), Luxembourg (1), Czech Republic (1), Croatia (1), Norway (14), Romania (2), Russia (2), Austria (17), Sweden (5), United Kingdom (334), Ireland (2), Italy (6), Germany (15), Denmark (5), Nepal (2), India (5), Maldives (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (1), Malaysia (1), Singapore (6), South Korea (3), Hong Kong (13), Australia (22), Israel (12), Botswana (33), Ghana (33), Nigeria (6), Reunion (2), South Africa (398), Finland (1), Mexico (1). Updated on December 8, 2021.

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