After the pandemic: perspectives on the future trajectory of COVID-19

A Telenti, A Arvin, L Corey, D Corti, MS Diamond… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
There is a realistic expectation that the global effort in vaccination will bring the pandemic
caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) under control …

Transmissibility and transmission of respiratory viruses

NHL Leung - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Human respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and disease
severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide, as …

Alarming situation of emerging H5 and H7 avian influenza and effective control strategies

J Shi, X Zeng, P Cui, C Yan, H Chen - Emerging microbes & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Avian influenza viruses continue to present challenges to animal and human health. Viruses
bearing the hemagglutinin (HA) gene of the H5 subtype and H7 subtype have caused 2634 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of mutations in SARS-CoV-2 spike on viral infectivity and antigenicity

Q Li, J Wu, J Nie, L Zhang, H Hao, S Liu, C Zhao… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 has been undergoing mutations and is highly
glycosylated. It is critically important to investigate the biological significance of these …

[HTML][HTML] Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality

L Morawska, J Cao - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Hand washing and maintaining social distance are the main measures recommended by the
World Health Organization (WHO) to avoid contracting COVID-19. Unfortunately, these …

Rapid evolution of A (H5N1) influenza viruses after intercontinental spread to North America

A Kandeil, C Patton, JC Jones, T Jeevan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) viruses of clade 2.3. 4.4 b underwent an
explosive geographic expansion in 2021 among wild birds and domestic poultry across …

Virome characterization of game animals in China reveals a spectrum of emerging pathogens

WT He, X Hou, J Zhao, J Sun, H He, W Si, J Wang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Game animals are wildlife species traded and consumed as food and are potential
reservoirs for SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2. We performed a meta-transcriptomic analysis of …

Susceptibility of ferrets, cats, dogs, and other domesticated animals to SARS–coronavirus 2

J Shi, Z Wen, G Zhong, H Yang, C Wang, B Huang… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the infectious
disease COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), which was first reported in Wuhan, China, in …

Intranasal fusion inhibitory lipopeptide prevents direct-contact SARS-CoV-2 transmission in ferrets

RD de Vries, KS Schmitz, FT Bovier, C Predella, J Khao… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Containment of the COVID-19 pandemic requires reducing viral transmission. Severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is initiated by membrane fusion …

Host and viral determinants of influenza A virus species specificity

JS Long, B Mistry, SM Haslam… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Influenza A viruses cause pandemics when they cross between species and an
antigenically novel virus acquires the ability to infect and transmit between these new hosts …