Nancy D'Arminio, Deborah Giordano, Bernardina Scafuri, Carmen Biancaniello, Mauro Petrillo, Angelo Facchiano, Anna Marabotti A thorough analysis on how amino acid replacements related to Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 can affect intermolecular interactions between Spike protein and human antibodies, as well as the interactions with ACE2 human receptor.

We present an extended version of Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Removed (SEIR) model in which the population age and the undetected individuals are taken into account. Our model is an effective tool useful to investigate different scenarios and to inform policy makers about the potential impact of different control strategies.

Uno studio condotto dal CNR-IBIOM di Bari insieme all’Università di Bari e all’Università Statale di Milano, pubblicato su bioRxiv, ha dimostrato una marcata omogeneità genetica dei genomi virali analizzati e provenienti da diverse aree geografiche. I risultati ottenuti non mostrano evidenze dell’emergenza di un ceppo virale più aggressivo di quello cinese originario

Intensive Care Unit Resource Planning During COVID-19 Emergency at the Regional Level: the Italian case. Pietro Hiram Guzzi, Giuseppe Tradigo, Pierangelo Veltri