[HTML][HTML] Novel SARS-CoV-2 variants: the pandemics within the pandemic

E Boehm, I Kronig, RA Neher, I Eckerle, P Vetter… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Many new variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) have been termed variants of concern/interest (VOC/I) because of the greater …

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

H Tegally, E Wilkinson, M Giovanetti, A Iranzadeh… - medrxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Continued uncontrolled transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in many parts of the world is creating the conditions for …

The next phase of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance: real-time molecular epidemiology

BB Oude Munnink, N Worp, DF Nieuwenhuijse… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the first to apply whole-
genome sequencing near to real time, with over 2 million severe acute respiratory syndrome …

LY-CoV1404 (bebtelovimab) potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

K Westendorf, S Žentelis, L Wang, D Foster… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-neutralizing monoclonal
antibodies (mAbs) can reduce the risk of hospitalization from coronavirus disease 2019 …

Complete map of SARS-CoV-2 RBD mutations that escape the monoclonal antibody LY-CoV555 and its cocktail with LY-CoV016

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, AS Dingens, JD Bloom - Cell Reports Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Monoclonal antibodies and antibody cocktails are a promising therapeutic and prophylaxis
for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, ongoing evolution of severe acute …

Minimally instrumented SHERLOCK (miSHERLOCK) for CRISPR-based point-of-care diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

H De Puig, RA Lee, D Najjar, X Tan, LR Soenksen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the need for diagnostics that can be rapidly adapted
and deployed in a variety of settings. Several SARS-CoV-2 variants have shown worrisome …

Mapping mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 RBD that escape binding by different classes of antibodies

AJ Greaney, TN Starr, CO Barnes, Y Weisblum… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies targeting a variety of epitopes have been isolated from individuals
previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, but the relative contributions of these different …

[HTML][HTML] Affinity maturation of SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies confers potency, breadth, and resilience to viral escape mutations

F Muecksch, Y Weisblum, CO Barnes, F Schmidt… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Antibodies elicited by infection accumulate somatic mutations in germinal centers that can
increase affinity for cognate antigens. We analyzed 6 independent groups of clonally related …

The variant gambit: COVID-19's next move

JA Plante, BM Mitchell, KS Plante, K Debbink… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
More than a year after its emergence, COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2,
continues to plague the world and dominate our daily lives. Even with the development of …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 variants lack higher infectivity but do have immune escape

Q Li, J Nie, J Wu, L Zhang, R Ding, H Wang, Y Zhang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The 501Y. V2 variants of SARS-CoV-2 containing multiple mutations in spike are now
dominant in South Africa and are rapidly spreading to other countries. Here, experiments …