Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food production and animal health

P Rahimi, MS Islam, PM Duarte, SS Tazerji… - Trends in Food Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Severe acute respiratory coronavirus syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the
etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). SARS-CoV-2 was first detected …

In search of a pan-coronavirus vaccine: next-generation vaccine design and immune mechanisms

S Cankat, MU Demael, L Swadling - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2024 - nature.com
Members of the coronaviridae family are endemic to human populations and have caused
several epidemics and pandemics in recent history. In this review, we will discuss the …

The molecular epidemiology of multiple zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2

JE Pekar, A Magee, E Parker, N Moshiri, K Izhikevich… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding the circumstances that lead to pandemics is important for their prevention.
We analyzed the genomic diversity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies target the coronavirus fusion peptide

C Dacon, C Tucker, L Peng, CCD Lee, TH Lin, M Yuan… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The potential for future coronavirus outbreaks highlights the need to broadly target this
group of pathogens. We used an epitope-agnostic approach to identify six monoclonal …

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 …

ACE2-binding exposes the SARS-CoV-2 fusion peptide to broadly neutralizing coronavirus antibodies

JS Low, J Jerak, MA Tortorici, M McCallum, D Pinto… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The coronavirus spike glycoprotein attaches to host receptors and mediates viral fusion.
Using a broad screening approach, we isolated seven monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that …

Close relatives of MERS-CoV in bats use ACE2 as their functional receptors

Q Xiong, L Cao, C Ma, MA Tortorici, C Liu, J Si, P Liu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and several bat coronaviruses
use dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) as an entry receptor,,–. However, the receptor for …

Farmed fur animals harbour viruses with zoonotic spillover potential

J Zhao, W Wan, K Yu, P Lemey, JHO Pettersson, Y Bi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Animals such as raccoon dogs, mink and muskrats are farmed for fur and are sometimes
used as food or medicinal products,, yet they are also potential reservoirs of emerging …

COVID-19—lessons for zoonotic disease

EC Holmes - 2022 - science.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unrelenting demonstration of the devastating impact of
zoonotic disease, whereby viruses jump from animals to infect humans. Although there is …

Human neutralizing antibodies to cold linear epitopes and subdomain 1 of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

F Bianchini, V Crivelli, ME Abernathy, C Guerra… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
diminishes the efficacy of vaccines and antiviral monoclonal antibodies. Continued …