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WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

93 results for "SARS-CoV-2" · page 2 of 4

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Investigating the lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection and the lung microbiome: no persistent microbial alterations in recovered COVID-19 patients with persistent radiological or respiratory abnormalities.

Teng NMY, Vijayakumar B, Smith DJF et al. · 2026 · Access microbiology

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was a global pandemic where infected individuals experienced mild or severe disease. Unfortunately, some patients who experienced severe disease also had lasting abnormalities.…

View details →DOI: 10.1099/acmi.0.001103.v3
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Serum ACE2 and Anti-MMR Antibody Profiles in Pediatric Patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

Labbani-Motlagh Z, Nozarian Z, Haghi Ashtiani MT et al. · 2025 · Iranian journal of immunology : IJI

Background Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) typically manifests with milder symptoms and lower mortality rates in children when compared to adults. Objective To investigate potential mechanisms underlying this age-related protection, we…

View details →DOI: 10.22034/iji.2025.104055.2879
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Antigenic Imprinting and Immune Response Dynamics: Neutralization Against Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants Following Breakthrough Infections.

Li J, Wang X, Li J et al. · 2025 · Journal of medical virology

The recently mutated Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 exhibits extremely high infectivity and strong evolution and immune escape capabilities. Given the unique epidemic prevention policies of China, we collected 16 sets of sera from…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/jmv.70681
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Mendelian randomization unveils genetic causal relationships between viral infections and systemic sclerosis.

Cheng T, Zhang HY, Wang TR et al. · 2025 · Scientific reports

This study uses Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the potential causal relationships between viral infections, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), SARS-CoV-2, cytomegalovirus (CMV), human…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-08361-z
Failed Experiment ReportMedicine

A mixed methods evaluation of a motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness and people who inject drugs.

Mauricio AM, Cioffi CC, Sanders AM et al. · 2025 · Psychological services

This explanatory sequential mixed methods hybrid Type 1 study examined the efficacy and implementation of Connect2Test, a brief motivational enhancement intervention to increase SARS-CoV-2 testing among people experiencing houselessness…

View details →DOI: 10.1037/ser0000939
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Efficacy of Wharton Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells infusions in moderate to severe SARS-Cov-2 related acute respiratory distress syndrome: a phase 2a double-blind randomized controlled trial.

Pochon C, Laroye C, Kimmoun A et al. · 2023 · Frontiers in medicine

Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused a wave of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with a high in-hospital mortality, especially in patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Wharton Jelly-derived Mesenchymal Stromal…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1224865
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody persistence using LFIC: a prevalence study after booster doses.

Montagud AC, Moragues R, Gabaldón-Bravo EM et al. · 2025 · BMC public health

BACKGROUND: The primary immunization against SARS-CoV-2 has yielded protection rates of up to 95%. The evolution of the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 towards emerging variants which have higher transmissibility, severity of disease and…

View details →DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-24077-1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Reality check: testing the <i>in silico</i> predictions of false negative results due to mutations in SARS-CoV-2 PCR assays using templates with mismatches <i>in vitro</i>.

Otwell T, Knight B, Coryell M et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology

Molecular diagnostic assays are critical tools to test, diagnose and treat infectious and other diseases. For example, PCR test results have been extremely valuable during the COVID-19 pandemic, not only to provide appropriate health care…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1524025
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Endogenous Biomarkers Analysis and False-Negative Results for SARSCov2 Using two Commercial RT-PCR Diagnostic Kits.

Khoshakhlagh M, Dehghani T, Alizadeh A et al. · 2026 · Iranian journal of pathology

Background & objective Real-time PCR is widely used to detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, but false-negative results can occur even with internal controls. This study aimed to investigate the impact of using alternative…

View details →DOI: 10.30699/ijp.2025.2053609.3417
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and Disorders of Menstruation: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Velez MP, Treacy K, Shellenberger J et al. · 2025 · Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC

This population-based study evaluated the association between SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and disorders of menstruation among all women in Ontario aged 18-44 years. Study exposure was receipt of a first dose of any SARS-CoV-2 vaccine from…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2025.103159
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Analyses of haplotypes of <i>TLR2</i> and <i>TLR3</i> genes for COVID-19 prognosis in a cohort of professionals who worked in the first pandemic wave in Belém-PA, Brazil.

Silva MJA, Figueira LRT, Sardinha DM et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in genetics

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a multisystemic disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that can lead to several pulmonary illnesses according to the immunological contexts of the individual. Haplotypes consist of single-nucleotide…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2025.1659269
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Nationwide seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic and prepandemic periods in Lao PDR.

Phommasone K, Souksakhone C, Chanthongthip A et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Background Lao PDR reported a low number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases until the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in April 2021. This raised doubts about whether the reported number reflected the true situation and questioned about…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0336239
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Infectious potential and circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in wild rats.

Beissat K, Lattard V, Picard-Meyer E et al. · 2025 · PloS one

Since the beginning of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, a wide range of animal species (pets, mink…) have been naturally infected with this betacoronavirus. The emergence of new variants has…

View details →DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316882
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Performance of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid amplification testing in Austria as measured by external quality assessment schemes during 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational retrospective study.

Buchta C, Aberle SW, Allerberger F et al. · 2023 · The Lancet. Microbe

Background The aim of external quality assessment (EQA) schemes is to evaluate the analytical performance of laboratories and test systems in a near-to-real-life setting. This monitoring service provides feedback to participant…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/s2666-5247(23)00286-0
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

External quality assessments for SARS-CoV-2 genome detection in Austria : A comparison of the first postpandemic round with results from the pandemic era.

Buchta C, Aberle SW, Görzer I et al. · 2024 · Wiener klinische Wochenschrift

Background External quality assessment (EQA) schemes provide objective feedback to participating laboratories about the performance of their analytical systems and information about overall regional analytical performance. The EQAs are…

View details →DOI: 10.1007/s00508-024-02353-1
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Different interpretations of inconclusive results of SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT PCR.

La Jeon Y, Lee SG, Lee EH et al. · 2023 · Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease

We investigated whether inconclusive results could be interpreted differently depending on the situation. First, data from retesting of the initial samples from subjects without a confirmed COVID-19 history were analyzed. And by analyzing…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115888
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Original article: novelty of Canadian manufacture nasopharyngeal swabs for collection of samples being tested for SARS-CoV-2 in a pandemic setting.

Palomino-Padilla S, Caceres-Cardenas G, Calderon R et al. · 2024 · Frontiers in public health

Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic caused a global shortage of nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, required for RT-PCR testing. Canadian manufacturers were contacted to share NP swab innovations. The primary objective was to determine whether novel…

View details →DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1344295
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Neutralising antibody responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 omicron sub-variants are enhanced in persons with hybrid immunity.

Walmsley SL, Nabipoor M, Qi F et al. · 2026 · Clinical & translational immunology

Objectives To assess neutralizing antibody responses to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. Methods We explored SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies in140 adults participating in a longitudinal study of antibody responses to COVID vaccines.…

View details →DOI: 10.1002/cti2.70095
Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

SARS-CoV-2 spike-directed T cells and anti-receptor-binding-domain antibodies in hematological patients receiving three mRNA COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Carretero D, Giménez E, Pérez A et al. · 2026 · Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.)

Introduction Studies assessing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and functional T-cell responses in hematological patients following receipt of a three-dose mRNA vaccine schedule have yielded conflicting results. Methods We conducted a retrospective…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.eimce.2026.503146
Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Does mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination in the subacute phase lead to microstructural brain changes? A prospective pilot MRI study using T1 relaxometry.

Willems R, Cappelletti M, Schüre JR et al. · 2026 · Scientific reports

Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines delivered via lipid nanoparticles (LNP) were pivotal in managing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. While mild systemic reactions are common after…

View details →DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-56181-6
Abandoned HypothesisOpen accessMedicine

Ugi multicomponent reactions of optically active aldehydes and chiral aminoindanols: diastereoselective synthesis of bisamides relevant to SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors.

Ghosh AK, Bhattacharjee A, Jayashankar U et al. · 2026 · Organic & biomolecular chemistry

We have investigated diastereoselective Ugi-multicomponent reactions (Ugi-MCR) relevant to bis-amide scaffolds related to SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro) inhibitors. The studies were mainly focussed on development of diastereoselective…

View details →DOI: 10.1039/d5ob01897h