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 …

COVID-19 outbreak: Impact on global economy

S Naseer, S Khalid, S Parveen, K Abbass… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 has been considered the most significant threat since World War II and the
greatest global health disaster of the century. Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, reported a …

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB variant derived from recombination of two Omicron subvariants

T Tamura, J Ito, K Uriu, J Zahradnik, I Kida… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In late 2022, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants have become highly diversified,
and XBB is spreading rapidly around the world. Our phylogenetic analyses suggested that …

Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution

Y Cao, F Jian, J Wang, Y Yu, W Song, A Yisimayi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Continuous evolution of Omicron has led to a rapid and simultaneous emergence of
numerous variants that display growth advantages over BA. 5 (ref.). Despite their divergent …

SARS-CoV-2 variant evasion of monoclonal antibodies based on in vitro studies

MG Cox, TP Peacock, WT Harvey, J Hughes… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) offer a treatment option for individuals with severe COVID-19
and are especially important in high-risk individuals where vaccination is not an option …

Evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variants BA. 1 to BA. 5: implications for immune escape and transmission

LB Shrestha, C Foster, W Rawlinson… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first dominant SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant BA. 1 harbours 35 mutations in its Spike
protein from the original SARS‐CoV‐2 variant that emerged late 2019. Soon after its …

[HTML][HTML] Antibody escape of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4 and BA. 5 from vaccine and BA. 1 serum

A Tuekprakhon, R Nutalai, A Dijokaite-Guraliuc… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The Omicron lineage of SARS-CoV-2, which was first described in November 2021, spread
rapidly to become globally dominant and has split into a number of sublineages. BA. 1 …

BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 escape antibodies elicited by Omicron infection

Y Cao, A Yisimayi, F Jian, W Song, T **ao, L Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sublineages BA.
2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5 exhibit higher transmissibility than the BA. 2 lineage. The receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Global emerging Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: Impacts, challenges and strategies

K Dhama, F Nainu, A Frediansyah, MI Yatoo… - Journal of infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Newly emerging variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
are continuously posing high global public health concerns and panic resulting in waves of …

[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 …