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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

This cluster of papers focuses on the research related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), including topics such as SARS-CoV-2, vaccine development, spike protein structure, antibody responses, viral mutations, and immune protection. The papers cover various aspects of the pandemic, from virus transmission to potential therapeutic targets.

129,606 works

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Most cited

  1. A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019

    Na Zhu, Dingyu Zhang, Wenling Wang, Xingwang Li · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine · 30,493 citations

  2. A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

    Peng Zhou, Xing‐Lou Yang, Xian-Guang Wang, Ben Hu · 2020 · Nature · 23,434 citations

  3. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

    Nanshan Chen, Min Zhou, Xuan Dong, Jieming Qu · 2020 · The Lancet · 22,758 citations

  4. SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

    Markus Hoffmann, Hannah Kleine‐Weber, Simon Schroeder, Nadine Krüger · 2020 · Cell · 21,472 citations

  5. Clinical Characteristics of 138 Hospitalized Patients With 2019 Novel Coronavirus–Infected Pneumonia in Wuhan, China

    Dawei Wang, Bo Hu, Chang Hu, Fangfang Zhu · 2020 · JAMA · 21,250 citations

  6. Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

    Fernando P. Polack, Stephen J. Thomas, Nicholas Kitchin, Judith Absalon · 2020 · New England Journal of Medicine · 15,726 citations

Most recent

  1. Differential kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 proteases revealed by a two-color, BRET-based dual protease biosensor, DuProSense.

    Asma Fatima, Anupriya M. Geethakumari, S M Nasir Uddin, Angelin M. Philip · 2026 · PubMed · 1 citations

  2. A dimeric mRNA vaccine based on key-mutant and KP.3 RBDs induces broad-spectrum immunity and protects mice against JN.1 and XDV challenges

    Jiali Xu, Rui Peng, Longhai Yuan, Huan Zhang · 2026 · Molecular Biomedicine · 0 citations

  3. Optimal Vaccination for Contagious Diseases with Seasonal Transmission

    Nir Gavish, Guy Katriel · 2026 · Bulletin of Mathematical Biology · 0 citations

  4. Measurement of binding antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 variants elicited by natural infection and COVID-19 vaccines in a sub-Saharan African population

    Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki, Ana M. Ortega-Villa, Daouda Camara, Mory Cherif Haidara · 2026 · Scientific Reports · 0 citations

  5. Recommendations for COVID-19 Vaccines in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, 2026–2027: Technical Report

    Committee on Infectious Diseases · 2026 · PEDIATRICS · 0 citations

  6. Clinical epidemiological characteristics of Omicron variant BA.2 infection in patients with hypertension

    Wang Qian, Qingpo Hu, Tiantian Zhang · 2026 · BMC Infectious Diseases · 0 citations

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