Frontiers in Immunology (Oct 2021)

The Omic Insights on Unfolding Saga of COVID-19

  • Arvinpreet Kaur,
  • Arvinpreet Kaur,
  • Mehak Chopra,
  • Mahak Bhushan,
  • Sonal Gupta,
  • Sonal Gupta,
  • Hima Kumari P,
  • Narmadhaa Sivagurunathan,
  • Nidhi Shukla,
  • Nidhi Shukla,
  • Shalini Rajagopal,
  • Purva Bhalothia,
  • Purnima Sharma,
  • Jalaja Naravula,
  • Renuka Suravajhala,
  • Renuka Suravajhala,
  • Ayam Gupta,
  • Bilal Ahmed Abbasi,
  • Prittam Goswami,
  • Harpreet Singh,
  • Harpreet Singh,
  • Rahul Narang,
  • Rathnagiri Polavarapu,
  • Krishna Mohan Medicherla,
  • Jayaraman Valadi,
  • Jayaraman Valadi,
  • Anil Kumar S,
  • Gyaneshwer Chaubey,
  • Keshav K. Singh,
  • Obul Reddy Bandapalli,
  • Obul Reddy Bandapalli,
  • Obul Reddy Bandapalli,
  • Polavarapu Bilhan Kavi Kishor,
  • Polavarapu Bilhan Kavi Kishor,
  • Prashanth Suravajhala,
  • Prashanth Suravajhala,
  • Prashanth Suravajhala

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.724914
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12

Abstract

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The year 2019 has seen an emergence of the novel coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19). Since the onset of the pandemic, biological and interdisciplinary research is being carried out across the world at a rapid pace to beat the pandemic. There is an increased need to comprehensively understand various aspects of the virus from detection to treatment options including drugs and vaccines for effective global management of the disease. In this review, we summarize the salient findings pertaining to SARS-CoV-2 biology, including symptoms, hosts, epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 genome, and its emerging variants, viral diagnostics, host-pathogen interactions, alternative antiviral strategies and application of machine learning heuristics and artificial intelligence for effective management of COVID-19 and future pandemics.

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