Preliminary results of SARS-CoV-2 detection in sewerage system in Niterói municipality, Rio de janeiro, Brazil Tatiana Prado, Tulio Machado Fumian, Camille Ferreira Mannarino, Adriana Gonçalves Maranhão, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, Marize Pereira Miagostovich DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200196

SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic diary: from rumors to the first case. Early reports of molecular tests from the military research and diagnostic institute of Rio de Janeiro Marcio da Costa Cipitelli, Elizabeth Valentin, Nadia Vaez Gonçalves da Cruz, Tatiana LS Nogueira, Elaine Cristina Amaro de Melo, Rebeca Araujo da Silva, Marcelo M Serra, André L Meriano, Alberto ML Colares, Marcos Dornelas-Ribeiro, Caleb GM Santos DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200200

Genomic and phylogenetic characterisation of an imported case of SARS-CoV-2 in Amazonas State, Brazil Valdinete Alves do Nascimento, André de Lima Guerra Corado, Fernanda Oliveira do Nascimento, Ágatha Kelly Araújo da Costa, Debora Camila Gomes Duarte Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz, Luciana Mara Fé Gonçalves, Michele Silva de Jesus, Cristiano Fernandes da Costa, Edson Delatorre, Felipe Gomes Naveca DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200310

Low risk of serological cross-reactivity between dengue and COVID-19  Michele Spinicci, Alessandro Bartoloni, Antonia Mantella, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Gian Maria Rossolini, Alberto Antonelli DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200225

COVID-19: molecular targets, drug repurposing and new avenues for drug discovery Mario Roberto Senger, Tereza Cristina Santos Evangelista, Rafael Ferreira Dantas, Marcos Vinicius da Silva Santana, Luiz Carlos Saramago Gonçalves, Lauro Ribeiro de Souza Neto, Sabrina Baptista Ferreira, Floriano Paes Silva-Junior DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200254

SARS-CoV-2 isolation from the first reported patients in Brazil and establishment of a coordinated task network Danielle Bastos Araujo, Rafael Rahal Guaragna Machado, Deyvid Emanuel Amgarten, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Gabriel Guarany de Araujo, Cairo Oliveira Monteiro, Erika Donizetti Candido, Camila Pereira Soares, Fernando Gatti de Menezes, Ana Carolina Cornachioni Pires, Rúbia Anita Ferraz Santana, Amanda de Oliveira Viana, Erick Dorlass, Luciano Thomazelli, Luis Carlos de Sousa Ferreira, Viviane Fongaro Botosso, Cristiane Rodrigues Guzzo Carvalho, Danielle Bruna Leal Oliveira, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Edison Luiz Durigon DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200342

Morphology and morphogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 in Vero-E6 cells Debora Ferreira Barreto-Vieira, Marcos Alexandre Nunes da Silva, Cristiana Couto Garcia, Milene Dias Miranda, Aline da Rocha Matos, Braulia Costa Caetano, Paola Cristina Resende, Fernando Couto Motta, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, Wendell Girard-Dias, Bráulio Soares Archanjo, Ortrud Monika Barth DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200443

Tracking the onset date of the community spread of SARS-CoV-2 in western countries Edson Delatorre, Daiana Mir, Tiago Gräf, Gonzalo Bello DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200183

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 and additional respiratory pathogens cases under the investigation of COVID-19 initial phase in a Brazilian reference laboratory Aline da Rocha Matos, Fernando Couto Motta, Braulia Costa Caetano, Maria Ogrzewalska, Cristiana Couto Garcia, Jonathan Christian Oliveira Lopes, Milene Miranda, Miriam Teresinha Furlam Prando Livorati, André Abreu, David Brown, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200232

 COVID-19 diagnosis by RT-qPCR in alternative specimens Cássia Cristina Alves Gonçalves, Shana Priscila Coutinho Barroso, Alice Laschuk Herlinger, Rafael de Mello Galliez, Tailah Bernardo de Almeida, Lidia Theodoro Boullosa, Erica Ramos dos Santos Nascimento, Jessica M de Almeida, Raissa Mirella dos Santos Cunha da Costa, Tatiana Monteiro da Paixão, José Nelson dos Santos Silva Couceiro, Thiago Silva Frauches, Wilson Rodrigues de Souza Junior, Andréa Ribeiro Costa, Débora Souza Faffe, Isabela de Carvalho Leitão, Bianca Ortiz da Silva, Guilherme Sant’Anna de Lira, Isabela Labarba Carvalho de Almeida, Orlando da Costa Ferreira Junior, UFRJ-Covid19 Workgroup, Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras, Diana Mariani, Amilcar Tanuri DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210085

Should COVID-19 be branded to Viral Thrombotic Fever? [ACCEPTED ARTICLES / PRELIMINARY VERSION] Costa-Filho, RC; Castro-Faria-Neto, HC; Mengel, J; Pelajo-Machado, M; Martins, MA; Leite, ET; Mendonça-Filho, HTF; Brasil de Souza,TAC; Bentacor, GB ;Leite Gagliardi, JP DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200552

Should COVID-19 be branded to viral thrombotic fever? Rubens Carmo Costa-Filho, Hugo Caire Castro-Faria Neto, José Mengel, Marcelo Pelajo-Machado, Marco Aurélio Martins, Érica Távora Leite, Hugo Tannus Mendonça-Filho, Tatiana de Arruda Campos Brasil de Souza, Gonzalo Bello Bentacor, José Paulo Gagliardi Leite DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200552

SARS-CoV-2 variant N.9 identified in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luis Fernando Lopez Tort, Ieda Pereira Ribeiro, Lidiane Souza Raphael Menezes, Alexandre Araújo Cunha dos Santos, Marta Pereira Santos, Luana Damasceno, Paola Cristina Resende Silva, Marilda Agudo Mendonça Teixeira de Siqueira, Patricia Brasil, Myrna Cristina Bonaldo DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210166

Identification and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 and Human alphaherpesvirus 1 from a productive coinfection in a fatal COVID-19 case Alice Laschuk Herlinger, Fábio Luís Lima Monteiro, Mirela D’arc, Filipe Romero Rebello Moreira, Harrison James Westgarth, Rafael Mello Galliez, Diana Mariani, Luciana Jesus da Costa, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de Almeida, Carolina Moreira Voloch, Covid19-UFRJ Workgroup, Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo, Renato Santana de Aguiar, André Felipe Andrade dos Santos, Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Esaú Custódio João Filho, Claudia Caminha Escosteguy, Orlando da Costa Ferreira Junior, Amilcar Tanuri, Luiza Mendonça Higa DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210176

Open-source real-time quantitative RT-PCR-based on a RNA standard for the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 viral load Juliana Comerlato, Carolina Baldisserotto Comerlato, Fernando Hayashi Sant’Anna, Marina Bessel, Celina Monteiro Abreu, Eliana Márcia Wendland DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210237

The adaptation of SARS-CoV-2 to humans Eduardo Tosta DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210127

Molecular detection of omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant is achieved by RT-LAMP despite genomic mutations Letícia Trindade Almeida, Amanda Bonoto Gonçalves, Ana Paula Moreira Franco Luiz, Thais Bárbara de Souza Silva, Pedro Augusto Alves, Rubens Lima do Monte-Neto DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220050

Detection and genome characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 P.6 lineage in dogs and cats living with Uruguayan COVID-19 patients Yanina Panzera, Santiago Mirazo, Mariana Baz, Claudia Techera, Sofía Grecco, Florencia Cancela, Eddie Fuques, Emma Condon, Lucía Calleros, Natalia Camilo, Andrea Fregossi, Inés Vaz, Paula Pessina, Nikita Deshpande, Ruben Pérez, Alejandro Benech DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220177

Coagulopathy and the humoral response against viral proteins in patients at different stages of COVID-19 Fernanda Pereira Monteiro, Victor de Souza Tavares, Rayane da Silva Oliveira Souza, Larissa Paola Rodrigues Venâncio, Mary Hellen Fabres-Klein, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Raphael Contelli Klein, Jonilson Berlink Lima, Théo Araújo-Santos DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220072

Clinical and epidemiological aspects of Delta and Gamma SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern from the western Brazilian Amazon Gabriella Sgorlon, Jackson Alves da Silva Queiroz, Tárcio Peixoto Roca, Ana Maisa Passos da Silva, Nadson Willian Felipe Gasparelo, Karolaine Santos Teixeira, Andreia Souza da Nóbrega Oliveira, Aline Linhares Ferreira de Melo Mendonça, Adriana Cristina Salvador Maia, Soraya dos Santos Pereira, Flávia Serrano Batista, Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo, Rita de Cassia Pontello Rampazzo, Paola Cristina Resende, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira, Felipe Gomes Naveca, Deusilene Vieira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220155

Animal models and SARS-CoV-2-induced pulmonary and neurological injuries Marcelo Alves Pinto, Alexandre dos Santos da Silva, Daniela Del Rosario Flores Rodrigues, Rodrigo Müller, Gentil Arthur Lins Bentes Mendonça de Vasconcelos, Patrícia Cristina da Costa Neves, Jaqueline Mendes de Oliveira, Renato Sergio Marchevsky DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220239

Long COVID-19 syndrome associated with Omicron XBB.1.5 infection: a case report Otávio Espíndola, Paola C Resende, Lusiele Guaraldo, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Trevon L Fuller, Stephanie Lema Suarez Penetra, Heloisa Ferreira Pinto Santos, Anielle Pina-Costa, Michele Fernanda Borges da Silva, Isabella Campos Vargas Moraes, Fernando Medeiros, Jimmy Whitworth, Christopher Smith, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Marilda M Siqueira, Patrícia Brasil DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230069

Assessment of immune responses to a Comirnaty® booster following CoronaVac® vaccination in healthcare workers Lucas Bochnia-Bueno, Gabriela Mattoso Coelho, Allan Henrique Depieri Cataneo, Camila Zanluca, Laura Holtman Ferreira, Luciano Pamplona de Goes Cavalcanti, Marco Antonio de Freitas Clementino, Juliana Navarro Ueda Yaochite, Hellen Geremias dos Santos, Meri Bordignon Nogueira, Claudia Nunes Duarte dos Santos, Sonia Mara Raboni DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230239

Point-of-care testing for COVID-19: a simple two-step molecular diagnostic development and validation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic Andre Akira Gonzaga Yoshikawa, Sabrina Fernandes Cardoso, Lívia Budziarek Eslabão, Iara Carolini Pinheiro, Priscila Valverde, Gisele Caminha, Oscar Bruna Romero, Leandro Medeiros, Luísa Damazio Pitaluga Rona, André Nóbrega Pitaluga DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230236