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Allison J. Glass
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 6
Citations - 2864
Allison J. Glass is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lineage (genetic) & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1397 citations.
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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa.
Houriiyah Tegally,Eduan Wilkinson,Marta Giovanetti,Marta Giovanetti,Arash Iranzadeh,Vagner Fonseca,Vagner Fonseca,Jennifer Giandhari,Deelan Doolabh,Sureshnee Pillay,Emmanuel James San,Nokukhanya Msomi,Koleka Mlisana,Anne von Gottberg,Sibongile Walaza,Mushal Allam,Arshad Ismail,Thabo Mohale,Allison J. Glass,Susan Engelbrecht,Gert U. van Zyl,Wolfgang Preiser,Francesco Petruccione,Alex Sigal,Alex Sigal,Diana Hardie,Gert Marais,Nei yuan Hsiao,Stephen N.J. Korsman,Mary-Ann Davies,Lynn Tyers,Innocent Mudau,Denis York,Caroline Maslo,Dominique Goedhals,Shareef Abrahams,Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba,Arghavan Alisoltani-Dehkordi,Arghavan Alisoltani-Dehkordi,Adam Godzik,Constantinos Kurt Wibmer,B.T. Sewell,José Lourenço,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond,Steven Weaver,Darren P. Martin,Richard J Lessells,Richard J Lessells,Jinal N. Bhiman,Carolyn Williamson,Carolyn Williamson,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira +55 more
TL;DR: A newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2) was identified in South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic in a severely affected metropolitan area (Nelson Mandela Bay) that is located on the coast of the Eastern Cape province.
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Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa
Houriiyah Tegally,Eduan Wilkinson,Marta Giovanetti,Marta Giovanetti,Arash Iranzadeh,Vagner Fonseca,Vagner Fonseca,Jennifer Giandhari,Deelan Doolabh,Sureshnee Pillay,Emmanuel James San,Nokukhanya Msomi,Koleka Mlisana,Koleka Mlisana,Anne von Gottberg,Anne von Gottberg,Sibongile Walaza,Sibongile Walaza,Mushal Allam,Arshad Ismail,Thabo Mohale,Allison J. Glass,Susan Engelbrecht,Gert U. van Zyl,Wolfgang Preiser,Francesco Petruccione,Alex Sigal,Alex Sigal,Diana Hardie,Gert Marais,Marvin Hsiao,Stephen N.J. Korsman,Mary-Ann Davies,Lynn Tyers,Innocent Mudau,Denis York,Caroline Maslo,Dominique Goedhals,Shareef Abrahams,Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba,Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba,Arghavan Alisoltani-Dehkordi,Arghavan Alisoltani-Dehkordi,Adam Godzik,Constantinos Kurt Wibmer,B.T. Sewell,José Lourenço,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Sergei L Kosakovsky Pond,Steven Weaver,Darren P. Martin,Richard J Lessells,Richard J Lessells,Jinal N. Bhiman,Jinal N. Bhiman,Carolyn Williamson,Carolyn Williamson,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira +60 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage (501Y.V2) characterised by eight lineage-defining mutations in the spike protein, including three at important residues in the receptor-binding domain (K417N, E484K and N501Y).
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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa
Houriiyah Tegally,Monika Moir,J.S. Everatt,Marta Giovanetti,Cathrine Scheepers,Eduan Wilkinson,Kathleen Subramoney,Zinhle Makatini,Sikhulile Moyo,Daniel G. Amoako,Cheryl Baxter,Christian L. Althaus,Ugochukwu J. Anyaneji,Dikeledi Kekana,Raquel Viana,Jennifer Giandhari,Richard J Lessells,Tongai Maponga,Dorcas Maruapula,Wonderful T. Choga,Mogomotsi Matshaba,M. Mbulawa,Nokukhanya Msomi,Yeshnee Naidoo,Sureshnee Pillay,Tomasz J. Sanko,James Emmanuel San,Lesley Scott,Lavanya Singh,Nonkululeko A Magini,P. Smith-Lawrence,Wendy S. Stevens,Graeme Dor,D. Tshiabuila,Nicole Wolter,Wolfgang Preiser,Florette K. Treurnicht,Marietjie Venter,G.E. Chiloane,Caitlyn McIntyre,Áine O'Toole,Christopher Ruis,Thomas P. Peacock,Cornelius Roemer,Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond,Carolyn Williamson,Oliver G. Pybus,Jinal N. Bhiman,Allison J. Glass,Darren P. Martin,Ben Jackson,Andrew Rambaut,O. Laguda-Akingba,Simani Gaseitsiwe,Anne von Gottberg,Tulio de Oliveira +55 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors identified two new lineages, BA.4 and BA.5, responsible for a fifth wave of infections in South Africa, by using a multinomial logistic regression model.
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Sixteen novel lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa.
Houriiyah Tegally,Eduan Wilkinson,Richard J Lessells,Jennifer Giandhari,Sureshnee Pillay,Nokukhanya Msomi,Koleka Mlisana,Jinal N. Bhiman,Anne von Gottberg,Anne von Gottberg,Sibongile Walaza,Sibongile Walaza,Vagner Fonseca,Mushal Allam,Arshad Ismail,Allison J. Glass,Susan Engelbrecht,Gert U. van Zyl,Wolfgang Preiser,Carolyn Williamson,Francesco Petruccione,Alex Sigal,Alex Sigal,Inbal Gazy,Diana Hardie,Nei yuan Hsiao,Darren P. Martin,Denis York,Dominique Goedhals,Emmanuel James San,Marta Giovanetti,José Lourenço,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira,Tulio de Oliveira +36 more
TL;DR: The first severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in South Africa was identified on 5 March 2020, and by 26 March the country was in full lockdown (Oxford stringency index of 90)1..
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Clinical severity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 lineages compared to BA.1 and Delta in South Africa
Nicole Wolter,Waasila Jassat,Sibongile Walaza,Richard Welch,Harry Moultrie,Michelle J. Groome,Daniel G. Amoako,J.S. Everatt,Jinal N. Bhiman,Cathrine Scheepers,Naume Tebeila,Nicola Chiwandire,Mignon du Plessis,N. Govender,Arshad Ismail,Allison J. Glass,Koleka Mlisana,W. Stevens,Florette K. Treurnicht,Kathleen Subramoney,Zinhle Makatini,Nei-yuan Hsiao,Raveen Parboosing,Jeannette Wadula,Hannah S Hussey,Mary-Ann Davies,Andrew Boulle,Anne von Gottberg,Cheryl Cohen +28 more
TL;DR: In this article , the presence/absence of the S-gene target was used as a proxy for SARS-CoV-2 variant/lineage for infections diagnosed using the TaqPath PCR assay between 1 October 2021 and 26 April 2022.