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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
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 …

[PDF][PDF] 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 …

Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines increase breadth of neutralization and protect against the BA. 5 Omicron variant in mice

SM Scheaffer, D Lee, B Whitener, B Ying, K Wu… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
in the Omicron lineage has resulted in diminished Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Characterization and antiviral susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2

R Uraki, M Kiso, S Iida, M Imai, E Takashita, M Kuroda… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The recent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1. 529 lineage) variants possessing
numerous mutations has raised concerns of decreased effectiveness of current vaccines …

[PDF][PDF] Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 spike

D Yamasoba, I Kimura, H Nasser, Y Morioka, N Nao… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Soon after the emergence and global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage BA. 1,
another Omicron lineage, BA. 2, began outcompeting BA. 1. The results of statistical analysis …

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) variant, salient features, high global health concerns and strategies to counter it amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

R Khandia, S Singhal, T Alqahtani, MA Kamal… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the appearance in the late of December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 is rapidly evolving and
mutating continuously, giving rise to various variants with variable degrees of infectivity and …

Limited cross-variant immunity from SARS-CoV-2 Omicron without vaccination

RK Suryawanshi, IP Chen, T Ma, AM Syed, N Brazer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron are globally relevant variants of concern. Although
individuals infected with Delta are at risk of developing severe lung disease, infection with …

Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Beijing during 2022: an epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis

Y Pan, L Wang, Z Feng, H Xu, F Li, Y Shen, D Zhang… - The lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Due to the national dynamic zero-COVID strategy in China, there were no
persistent local transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 in Beijing before December, 2022. However …