Omicron spike function and neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of vaccines

JE Bowen, A Addetia, HV Dang, C Stewart, JT Brown… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of
concern comprises several sublineages, with BA. 2 and BA. 2.12. 1 having replaced the …

Defining variant-resistant epitopes targeted by SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: A global consortium study

KM Hastie, H Li, D Bedinger, SL Schendel… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Antibody-based therapeutics and vaccines are essential to combat COVID-19 morbidity and
mortality after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection …

[HTML][HTML] Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 neutralizing activity elicited by a comprehensive panel of human vaccines

JE Bowen, KR Sprouse, AC Walls, IG Mazzitelli… - BioRxiv, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern comprises three sublineages
designated BA. 1, BA. 2, and BA. 3, with BA. 2 steadily replacing the globally dominant BA …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding mutation hotspots for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein using Shannon Entropy and K-means clustering

B Mullick, R Magar, A Jhunjhunwala… - Computers in biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The SARS-CoV-2 virus like many other viruses has transformed in a continual manner to
give rise to new variants by means of mutations commonly through substitutions and indels …

Swiss public health measures associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission using genome data

SA Nadeau, TG Vaughan, C Beckmann… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Genome sequences from evolving infectious pathogens allow quantification of case
introductions and local transmission dynamics. We sequenced 11,357 severe acute …

Epidemiological characterization of SARS-CoV-2 variants in children over the four COVID-19 waves and correlation with clinical presentation

C Alteri, R Scutari, V Costabile, L Colagrossi… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Since the start of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, children aged≤ 12 years have always been
defined as underrepresented in terms of SARS-CoV-2 infections' frequency and severity. By …

Characterization of a novel ACE2-based therapeutic with enhanced rather than reduced activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants

M Ferrari, L Mekkaoui, FT Ilca, Z Akbar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 acts as the host cell receptor for SARS-CoV-2
and the other members of the Coronaviridae family SARS-CoV-1 and HCoV-NL63. Here, we …

Molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Tunisia (North Africa) through several successive waves of COVID-19

A Chouikha, W Fares, A Laamari, S Haddad-Boubaker… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Documenting the circulation dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants in different regions of the
world is crucial for monitoring virus transmission worldwide and contributing to global efforts …

Phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in France, Europe, and the world in 2020

R Coppée, F Blanquart, A Jary, V Leducq, VM Ferré… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Although France was one of the most affected European countries by the COVID-19
pandemic in 2020, the dynamics of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

Signs and symptoms of COVID‐19 in patients with multiple sclerosis

I Schiavetti, L Carmisciano, M Ponzano… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Clinical outcomes of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients affected by
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) have been thoroughly investigated, but a further …