HIMANI GANDHI

Ms. HIMANI GANDHI

Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, India
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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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10 November 2021 in Journal of Molecular Structure
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NLNilam H. Lalavani
Nilam H. Lalavani
HGHIMANI GANDHI
HIMANI GANDHI
KBKrishna A. Bhensdadia
Krishna A. Bhensdadia
RPRajesh K. Patel
Rajesh K. Patel
SBShipra H. Baluja
Shipra H. Baluja

22 July 2025 in Construction and Building Materials
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HGHIMANI GANDHI
HIMANI GANDHI
UBUrvisha Beladiya
Urvisha Beladiya
MPMansi Poriya
Mansi Poriya
JVJanvi Vaghela
Janvi Vaghela
VMVishal Mevada
Vishal Mevada
CKCharmy Kothari
Charmy Kothari

6 January 2024
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UBUrvisha Beladiya
Urvisha Beladiya
JCJaysmita Chaliha
Jaysmita Chaliha
VMVishal Mevada
Vishal Mevada
HGHIMANI GANDHI
HIMANI GANDHI
RPRajesh K. Patel
Rajesh K. Patel

20 April 2022 in COVID
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VMVishal Mevada
Vishal Mevada
RPRajesh Patel
Rajesh Patel
PDPravin Dudhagara
Pravin Dudhagara
HGHIMANI GANDHI
HIMANI GANDHI
UBUrvisha Beladiya
Urvisha Beladiya
AGAnjana Ghelani
Anjana Ghelani
SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA coronavirus responsible for Acute Respiratory Syndrome (COVID-19). In January 2021, the re-occurrence of COVID-19 infection was at its peak, considered the second wave of epidemics. In the initial stage, it was considered a double mutant strain due to two significant mutations observed in their Spike protein (E484Q and L452R). Although it was first detected in India later on, it was spread to several countries worldwide, causing high fatality due to this strain. In the present study, we investigated the spreading of B.1.617 strain worldwide through 822 genome sequences submitted in GISAID on 21 April 2021. All genome sequences were analyzed for variations in genome sequences based on their effects due to changes in nucleotides. At Allele frequency 0.05, there were a total of 47 variations in ORF1ab, 22 in Spike protein gene, 6 variations in N gene, 5 in ORF8 and M gene, four mutations in Orf7a, and one nucleotide substitution observed for ORF3a, ORF6 and ORF7b gene. The clustering for similar mutations mentioned B.1.617 sub-lineages. The outcome of this study established relative occurrence and spread worldwide. The study’s finding represented that “double mutant” strain is not only spread through traveling but it is also observed to evolve naturally with different mutations observed in B.1.617 lineage. The information extracted from the study helps to understand viral evolution and genome variations of B.1.617 lineage. The results support the need of separating B.1.617 into sub-lineages.