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 …

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

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 …

The Omicron, or Pango lineage B. 1.1. 529, variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) carries multiple spike mutations with high transmissibility and …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a recently emerged
pathogenic human coronavirus that belongs to the sarbecovirus lineage of the genus …

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) variant contains 15 mutations of the
receptor-binding domain (RBD). How Omicron evades RBD-targeted neutralizing antibodies …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern evades antibody-mediated immunity that comes from vaccination or infection with …

The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant suggests that the virus might become
globally dominant. Further, the high number of mutations in the viral spike protein raised …

Abstract Since SARS-CoV-2 BA. 5 (Omicron) emerged and spread in 2022, Omicron
lineages have markedly diversified. Here we review the evolutionary trajectories and …

Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2, BA. 4, and BA. 5 lineages has led to
the emergence of several new subvariants, including BA. 2.75. 2, BA. 4.6. and BQ. 1.1. The …