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 …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic virus with documented bi-directional transmission between
people and animals. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to free-ranging white-tailed …

Viral and host factors can shape SARS-CoV-2 evolution. However, little is known about
lineage-specific and vaccination-specific mutations that occur within individuals. Here, we …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans, has a broad host range, and is able to …

Viral variants of concern continue to arise for SARS-CoV-2, potentially impacting both
methods for detection and mechanisms of action. Here, we investigate the effect of an …

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began by viral spillover from animals to humans; today multiple
animal species are known to be susceptible to infection. White-tailed deer, Odocoileus …

Several animal species, including ferrets, hamsters, monkeys, and raccoon dogs, have been
shown to be susceptible to experimental infection by the human severe acute respiratory …

To control the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic, a variety of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) vaccines have been developed. However, the rapid mutations …

Abstract COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 from the perspectives of medicine, biology, molecular
biology, chemistry and biothermodynamics represent probably the best studied virus-host …