[HTML][HTML] Molecular characteristics, immune evasion, and impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants

C Sun, C Xie, GL Bu, LY Zhong, MS Zeng - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The persistent COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 has brought an enormous public health
burden to the global society and is accompanied by various evolution of the virus genome …

[HTML][HTML] Antigenic evolution of SARS coronavirus 2

AZ Mykytyn, RAM Fouchier, BL Haagmans - Current Opinion in Virology, 2023 - Elsevier
SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19, emerged in China in
December 2019. Vaccines developed were very effective initially, however, the virus has …

[PDF][PDF] SARS-CoV-2 spike N-terminal domain modulates TMPRSS2-dependent viral entry and fusogenicity

B Meng, R Datir, J Choi, S Baker, G Dougan, C Hess… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike N-terminal
domain (NTD) remains poorly characterized despite enrichment of mutations in this region …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain during the first two years of the pandemic: circulating variants, amino acid conservation, and genetic variability in structural …

P Troyano-Hernáez, R Reinosa, Á Holguín - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Monitoring SARS-CoV-2's genetic diversity and emerging mutations in this ongoing
pandemic is crucial to understanding its evolution and ensuring the performance of COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted amplicon sequencing of wastewater samples for detecting SARS-CoV-2 variants with high sensitivity and resolution

M Kuroiwa, Y Gahara, H Kato, Y Morikawa… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a promising approach for monitoring the spread
of SARS-CoV-2 within communities. Although qPCR-based WBE is powerful in that it allows …

Development of a simple genotyping method based on indel mutations to rapidly screen SARS-CoV-2 circulating variants: Delta, Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2

W Ayadi, A Taktak, S Gargouri, F Smaoui… - Journal of Virological …, 2022 - Elsevier
The high need of rapid and flexible tools that facilitate the identification of circulating SARS-
CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) remains crucial for public health system monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing and enhancing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Y Liu, H Arase - Inflammation and Regeneration, 2022 - Springer
The high transmissibility and rapid global spread of SARS-CoV-2 since 2019 has led to a
huge burden on healthcare worldwide. Anti-SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies play an …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on recombinant spike trimer protein from different SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

E Rudi, P Martin Aispuro, E Zurita… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The emergency of new SARS-CoV-2 variants that feature increased immune escape marks
an urgent demand for better vaccines that will provide broader immunogenicity. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic Epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic in Cyprus from November 2020 to October 2021: The Passage of Waves of Alpha and Delta Variants of …

AC Chrysostomou, B Vrancken, C Haralambous… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in
December 2019 resulted in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of water-mediated interaction effects on the stability and transmission of Omicron

N Zaman, N Parvaiz, F Gul, R Yousaf, K Gul… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant and its highly transmissible sublineages amidst news of
emerging hybrid variants strengthen the evidence of its ability to rapidly spread and evolve …