SARS-COV-2 variants: differences and potential of immune evasion

SM Hirabara, TDA Serdan, R Gorjao… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The structural spike (S) glycoprotein of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) plays an essential role in infection and is an important target for neutralizing …

SARS-CoV-2's variants of concern: a brief characterization

AM Scovino, EC Dahab, GF Vieira… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disclose the variants of
concern (VOC) including Alpha (B. 1.1. 7), Beta (B. 1.351), Gamma (P1), Delta (B. 1.617. 2) …

SARS-CoV-2 variants: A double-edged sword?

MP Jogalekar, A Veerabathini… - … Biology and Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the worldwide emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak, there have been international
concerns about the possible viral evolution into variants with underlying mutations that may …

Immune evasion of SARS-CoV-2 emerging variants: what have we learnt so far?

I Lazarevic, V Pravica, D Miljanovic, M Cupic - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite the slow evolutionary rate of SARS-CoV-2 relative to other RNA viruses, its massive
and rapid transmission during the COVID-19 pandemic has enabled it to acquire significant …

SARS-CoV-2 variants, immune escape, and countermeasures

Y Zhang, H Zhang, W Zhang - Frontiers of medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global pandemic disease.
SARS-CoV-2 variants have aroused great concern and are expected to continue spreading …

Effect of natural mutations of SARS-CoV-2 on spike structure, conformation, and antigenicity

SMC Gobeil, K Janowska, S McDowell, K Mansouri… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) have been circulating worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic. Some are termed …

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs): an impending global crisis

AYK Thye, JWF Law, P Pusparajah, V Letchumanan… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
The worldwide battle against the SARS-CoV-2 virus rages on, with millions infected and
many innocent lives lost. The causative organism, severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

J Singh, P Pandit, AG McArthur, A Banerjee… - Virology journal, 2021 - Springer
The emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), and more recently, the independent evolution of multiple SARS-CoV-2 …

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants: implications on immune escape, vaccination, therapeutic and diagnostic strategies

NZ Zabidi, HL Liew, IA Farouk, A Puniyamurti, AJW Yip… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 is associated with a lower fatality rate
than its SARS and MERS counterparts. However, the rapid evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variants–evolution, spike protein, and vaccines

KWK Chen, DTN Huang, LM Huang - biomedical journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstracts Despite the rising natural and vaccines mediated immunity, several countries have
experienced a resurgence of the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) due to the …