The evolution and biology of SARS-CoV-2 variants

A Telenti, EB Hodcroft… - Cold Spring …, 2022 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Our understanding of the still unfolding severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic would have been extremely limited without the study of the …

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 …

Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer

K Cool, NN Gaudreault, I Morozov… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT SARS-CoV-2 was first reported circulating in human populations in December
2019 and has since become a global pandemic. Recent history involving SARS-like …

Accelerated evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in free-ranging white-tailed deer

DS McBride, SK Garushyants, J Franks… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The zoonotic origin of the COVID-19 pandemic virus highlights the need to fill the vast gaps
in our knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 ecology and evolution in non-human hosts. Here, we …

Animal models, zoonotic reservoirs, and cross-species transmission of emerging human-infecting coronaviruses

Y Kane, G Wong, GF Gao - Annual review of animal biosciences, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past three decades, coronavirus (CoV) diseases have impacted humans more than
any other emerging infectious disease. The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory …

Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health

AC Fagre, LE Cohen, EA Eskew, M Farrell… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens
from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To …

The inherent flexibility of receptor binding domains in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

HM Dokainish, S Re, T Mori, C Kobayashi, J Jung… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Spike (S) protein is the primary antigenic target for neutralization and vaccine development
for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It decorates the …

Zoonotic and reverse zoonotic transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2

IV Goraichuk, V Arefiev, BT Stegniy, AP Gerilovych - Virus research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the first known pandemic caused by
a coronavirus. Its causative agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Human coronavirus OC43 as a low-risk model to study COVID-19

MI Kim, C Lee - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had irreversible and devastating
impacts on every aspect of human life. To better prepare for the next similar pandemic, a …

Feline coronavirus antivirals: a review

M Delaplace, H Huet, A Gambino, S Le Poder - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Feline coronaviruses (FCoV) are common viral pathogens of cats. They usually induce
asymptomatic infections but some FCoV strains, named Feline Infectious Peritonitis Viruses …