Abstract Three lineages (BA. 1, BA. 2 and BA. 3) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern predominantly drove South Africa's …

Wildlife reservoirs of broad-host-range viruses have the potential to enable evolution of viral
variants that can emerge to infect humans. In North America, there is phylogenomic …

Lung infections in Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) are triggered by a variety of respiratory viruses.
All human pandemics have been caused by the members of two major virus families …

Vaccines based on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 are a cornerstone of the public health
response to COVID-19. The emergence of hypermutated, increasingly transmissible variants …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) human adaptation resulted
in distinct lineages with enhanced transmissibility called variants of concern (VOCs) …

The intertwined relationship between structure and function has been key to understanding
human organ physiology and disease pathogenesis. An organ-on-a-chip (organ chip) is a …

At the end of 2021 a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, Omicron, emerged and quickly spread
across the world. It has been demonstrated that Omicron's high number of Spike mutations …

South Africa's fourth COVID-19 wave was driven predominantly by three lineages (BA. 1, BA.
2 and BA. 3) of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern. We have now identified two …

Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, can infect a wide
range of mammals. Since its spread in humans, secondary host jumps of SARS-CoV-2 from …

The bat coronaviruses (CoV) BANAL-20-52 and BANAL-20-236 are two newly identified
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) closely related …