scholarly journals Delta Variant of Covid-19 Study, and Why it is a Concern: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 5797-5810

COVID-19 is caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 that belongs to the Coronaviridae groups. The subgroups of the coronavirus families are α , β , γ , and δ coronavirus (the four general human coronaviruses). Representative coronaviruses consist of NL63 coronavirus (human) and porcine transmissible gastroenteritis from the Alphacoronavirus genus; mouse hepatitis coronavirus (MHV), bovine coronavirus (BCoV), severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV); avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV); and porcine δ -coronavirus (PdCoV). This work exhibits, δ -coronavirus spikes are fundamentally and evolutionally more similar related to α -coronavirus spikes than to β -coronavirus or γ -coronavirus spikes due to the receptor recognition, membrane fusion phenomenon, and immune evasion behavior.

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 629-634
Author(s):  
Emiliana Falcone ◽  
Edoardo Vignolo ◽  
Livia Di Trani ◽  
Simona Puzelli ◽  
Maria Tollis

A reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay specific for identifying avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in poultry vaccines, and the serological response to IBV induced by the inoculation of chicks with a Newcastle disease vaccine spiked with the Massachusetts strain of IBV, were compared for their ability to detect IBV as a contaminant of avian vaccines. The sensitivity of the IBV-RT-PCR assay provided results which were at least equivalent to the biological effect produced by the inoculation of chicks, allowing this assay to be considered a valid alternative to animal testing in the quality control of avian immunologicals. This procedure can easily be adapted to detect a number of contaminants for which the in vivo test still represents the only available method of detection.


2000 ◽  
Vol 146 (7) ◽  
pp. 191-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Zanella ◽  
R. Coaro ◽  
R. Marchi ◽  
G. Fabris ◽  
A. Lavazza

1987 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 765-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHAMMAD A. MUNEER ◽  
JOHN A. NEWMAN ◽  
SAGAR M. GOYAL ◽  
M. AJMAL

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