A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19
The emerging pandemic situation has created unease and dismay at every level, from governing bodies to population and from pharmaceutical manufacturers to front-line servers. Everyone is scarified by the death-dealing and ruinous effects of COVID-19. The encouraging and positive news about vaccine development and successful trials of vaccine proved to be remedial, but another dilemma arises in the form of mutation of the deadly virus. Question marks are arising about the lethality of mutated strain, lack of management and protective measures by the governing bodies, and ambiguities are aroused about the effectiveness of vaccines against them. After an all-inclusive and particularized study and genomic examination of the virus, the researchers have put forward the details that Coronavirus Mutation is Worrying but Not Terrifying. The upshot is that it is required to screen, but at present, their mark suggests that the new strain in the UK is more transmissible but neither severe nor resistant.
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COVID-19, Mutated Strain, Vaccine Development
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(1) Arfa Tehzeeb
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Maham Asif
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Raisa Iqbal
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(4) Warda Arooj Kausar
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(5) Mubashar Rehman
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Tehzeeb, A., Asif, M., & Iqbal, R. (2021). A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19. Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI(II), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2021(VI-II).03
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CHICAGO : Tehzeeb, Arfa, Maham Asif, and Raisa Iqbal. 2021. "A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI (II): 19-23 doi: 10.31703/giidr.2021(VI-II).03
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HARVARD : TEHZEEB, A., ASIF, M. & IQBAL, R. 2021. A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19. Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI, 19-23.
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MHRA : Tehzeeb, Arfa, Maham Asif, and Raisa Iqbal. 2021. "A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI: 19-23
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MLA : Tehzeeb, Arfa, Maham Asif, and Raisa Iqbal. "A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI.II (2021): 19-23 Print.
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OXFORD : Tehzeeb, Arfa, Asif, Maham, and Iqbal, Raisa (2021), "A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19", Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review, VI (II), 19-23
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TURABIAN : Tehzeeb, Arfa, Maham Asif, and Raisa Iqbal. "A Review on the Continually Occurring Mutations in COVID-19." Global Immunological & Infectious Diseases Review VI, no. II (2021): 19-23. https://doi.org/10.31703/giidr.2021(VI-II).03