[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

The evolution of SARS-CoV-2

PV Markov, M Ghafari, M Beer, K Lythgoe… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused millions of
deaths and substantial morbidity worldwide. Intense scientific effort to understand the …

The emergence and epidemic characteristics of the highly mutated SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant

D Tian, Y Sun, H Xu, Q Ye - Journal of medical virology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Omicron
variant (B. 1.1. 529) was first identified in Botswana in November 2021. It was first reported …

Enhanced fusogenicity and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Delta P681R mutation

A Saito, T Irie, R Suzuki, T Maemura, H Nasser, K Uriu… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
During the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a variety of mutations
have accumulated in the viral genome of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

[HTML][HTML] Remdesivir, Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir remain active against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron and other variants of concern

L Vangeel, W Chiu, S De Jonghe, P Maes, B Slechten… - Antiviral research, 2022 - Elsevier
We assessed the in vitro antiviral activity of remdesivir and its parent nucleoside GS-441524,
molnupiravir and its parent nucleoside EIDD-1931 and the viral protease inhibitor …

[HTML][HTML] The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review

EC Holmes, SA Goldstein, AL Rasmussen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Since the first reports of a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like coronavirus
in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there has been intense interest in understanding how …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape

WT Harvey, AM Carabelli, B Jackson… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Although most mutations in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome are expected to be either deleterious and swiftly purged or relatively …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.617 by vaccine and convalescent serum

C Liu, HM Ginn, W Dejnirattisai, P Supasa, B Wang… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has undergone
progressive change, with variants conferring advantage rapidly becoming dominant …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 spike L452R variant evades cellular immunity and increases infectivity

C Motozono, M Toyoda, J Zahradnik, A Saito… - Cell host & …, 2021 - cell.com
Many SARS-CoV-2 variants with naturally acquired mutations have emerged. These
mutations can affect viral properties such as infectivity and immune resistance. Although the …