[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 …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants: burden of disease, impact on vaccine effectiveness and need for variant-adapted vaccines

S Pather, SA Madhi, BJ Cowling, P Moss… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The highly transmissible Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first detected in late 2021. Initial Omicron waves were …

Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution

Y Cao, F Jian, J Wang, Y Yu, W Song, A Yisimayi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Continuous evolution of Omicron has led to a rapid and simultaneous emergence of
numerous variants that display growth advantages over BA. 5 (ref.). Despite their divergent …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2

P Qu, JP Evans, JN Faraone, YM Zheng, C Carlin… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has led to the emergence of several new Omicron
subvariants, including BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2. Here, we examine the …

[HTML][HTML] A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat

JV Lazarus, D Romero, CJ Kopka, SA Karim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and
behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic 1, 2. Here …

Evolution and neutralization escape of the SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86 subvariant

K Khan, G Lustig, C Römer, K Reedoy, Z Jule… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Omicron BA. 2.86 subvariant differs from Omicron BA. 2 as well as recently
circulating variants by over 30 mutations in the spike protein alone. Here we report on the …

Outbreak. info genomic reports: scalable and dynamic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and mutations

K Gangavarapu, AA Latif, JL Mullen, M Alkuzweny… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In response to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, the global scientific
community, through unprecedented effort, has sequenced and shared over 11 million …

Effectiveness of mRNA-1273 vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants BA. 1, BA. 2, BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4, and BA. 5

HF Tseng, BK Ackerson, KJ Bruxvoort, LS Sy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Studies have reported reduced natural SARS-CoV-2 infection-and vaccine-induced
neutralization against omicron BA. 4/BA. 5 compared with earlier omicron subvariants. This …

Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants

AK Reuschl, LG Thorne, MVX Whelan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) human adaptation resulted
in distinct lineages with enhanced transmissibility called variants of concern (VOCs) …

Neutralization escape by SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariant BA. 4.6

NP Hachmann, J Miller, AY Collier… - New England Journal …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
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