The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

Testing at scale during the COVID-19 pandemic

TR Mercer, M Salit - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Assembly and publication of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) genome in January 2020 enabled the immediate development of tests to detect the …

[HTML][HTML] Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness

JA Plante, Y Liu, J Liu, H Xia, BA Johnson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein
substitution D614G became dominant during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

[HTML][HTML] Deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain reveals constraints on folding and ACE2 binding

TN Starr, AJ Greaney, SK Hilton, D Ellis, KHD Crawford… - cell, 2020 - cell.com
The receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein mediates viral
attachment to ACE2 receptor and is a major determinant of host range and a dominant target …

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19: a review of current evidence

S Rahman, MTV Montero, K Rowe… - Expert review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has created a public health crisis, infected millions of
people, and caused a significant number of deaths. SARS-CoV-2 transmits from person to …

Phylogenetic and phylodynamic approaches to understanding and combating the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

SW Attwood, SC Hill, DM Aanensen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Determining the transmissibility, prevalence and patterns of movement of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is central to our understanding …

The SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein biosynthesis, structure, function, and antigenicity: implications for the design of spike-based vaccine immunogens

L Duan, Q Zheng, H Zhang, Y Niu, Y Lou… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), poses a grave threat to global public …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking changes in SARS-CoV-2 spike: evidence that D614G increases infectivity of the COVID-19 virus

B Korber, WM Fischer, S Gnanakaran, H Yoon… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
A SARS-CoV-2 variant carrying the Spike protein amino acid change D614G has become
the most prevalent form in the global pandemic. Dynamic tracking of variant frequencies …

Ultrafast Sample placement on Existing tRees (UShER) enables real-time phylogenetics for the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Y Turakhia, B Thornlow, AS Hinrichs, N De Maio… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads through human populations, the unprecedented
accumulation of viral genome sequences is ushering in a new era of 'genomic contact …

Temporal detection and phylogenetic assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater

A Nemudryi, A Nemudraia, T Wiegand, K Surya… - Cell Reports …, 2020 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 has recently been detected in feces, which indicates that wastewater may be
used to monitor viral prevalence in the community. Here, we use RT-qPCR to monitor …