[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Defining variant-resistant epitopes targeted by SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A global consortium study

KM Hastie, H Li, D Bedinger, SL Schendel… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Antibody-based therapeutics and vaccines are essential to combat COVID-19 morbidity and
mortality after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

[HTML][HTML] Resistance of SARS-CoV-2 variants to neutralization by monoclonal and serum-derived polyclonal antibodies

RE Chen, X Zhang, JB Case, ES Winkler, Y Liu… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused the global
COVID-19 pandemic. Rapidly spreading SARS-CoV-2 variants may jeopardize newly …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity of infectious SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 7 and B. 1.351 variants to neutralizing antibodies

D Planas, T Bruel, L Grzelak, F Guivel-Benhassine… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B. 1.1. 7 and B. 1.351
variants were first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa, respectively, and have …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission, infectivity, and neutralization of a spike L452R SARS-CoV-2 variant

X Deng, MA Garcia-Knight, MM Khalid, V Servellita… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
We identified an emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
variant by viral whole-genome sequencing of 2,172 nasal/nasopharyngeal swab samples …

[HTML][HTML] Escape of SARS-CoV-2 501Y. V2 from neutralization by convalescent plasma

S Cele, I Gazy, L Jackson, SH Hwa, H Tegally, G Lustig… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) have arisen independently at multiple locations,
and may reduce the efficacy of current vaccines that target the spike glycoprotein of SARS …

mRNA vaccination boosts cross-variant neutralizing antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection

L Stamatatos, J Czartoski, YH Wan, LJ Homad, V Rubin… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have
raised concerns about resistance to neutralizing antibodies elicited by previous infection or …

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 …

[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 …