{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9(2)"],"submitter":["Noureddine FY"],"pubmed_abstract":["Background: An outbreak of an unknown respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and was referred to as coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Soon after, it was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 mainly infects the respiratory tract with different outcomes ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe critical illness leading to death. Different SARS-CoV-2 variants are emerging of which three have raised concerns worldwide due to their high transmissibility among populations. Objective: To study the prevalence of COVID-19 in the region of Nabatieh-South Lebanon during the past year and assess the presence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their eff"],"journal":["Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["40"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8293406"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variant(s) and Its Impact on the Prevalence of COVID-19 Cases in the Nabatieh Region, Lebanon."],"pmcid":["PMC8293406"],"pubmed_authors":["Noureddine FY","Chakkour M","El Roz A","Reda J","Harb B","Joma M","Salami A","Salami H","Hashem SJ","Al Sahily R","Assi A","Ghssein G"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Variant(s) and Its Impact on the Prevalence of COVID-19 Cases in the Nabatieh Region, Lebanon.","description":"Background: An outbreak of an unknown respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, in December 2019 and was referred to as coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Soon after, it was declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. SARS-CoV-2 mainly infects the respiratory tract with different outcomes ranging from asymptomatic infection to severe critical illness leading to death. Different SARS-CoV-2 variants are emerging of which three have raised concerns worldwide due to their high transmissibility among populations. Objective: To study the prevalence of COVID-19 in the region of Nabatieh-South Lebanon during the past year and assess the presence of SARS-CoV-2 variants and their eff","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jun","modification":"2025-04-19T00:07:43.636Z","creation":"2022-02-10T21:30:38.082Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8293406","cross_references":{"pubmed":["34199617"],"doi":["10.3390/medsci9020040"]}}