SARS-CoV-2 variants, vaccines, and host immunity

P Mistry, F Barmania, J Mellet, K Peta… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new beta coronavirus
that emerged at the end of 2019 in the Hubei province of China. SARS-CoV-2 causes …

[HTML][HTML] Recombination in Coronaviruses, with a Focus on SARS-CoV-2

D Focosi, F Maggi - Viruses, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Recombination is a common evolutionary tool for RNA viruses, and coronaviruses are no
exception. We review here the evidence for recombination in SARS-CoV-2 and reconcile …

Culture and identification of a “Deltamicron” SARS‐CoV‐2 in a three cases cluster in southern France

P Colson, PE Fournier, J Delerce… - Journal of Medical …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Multiple SARS‐CoV‐2 variants have successively, or concomitantly spread worldwide since
the summer of 2020. A few co‐infections with different variants were reported and genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in the world: how could this happen?

A Parra-Lucares, P Segura, V Rojas, C Pumarino… - Life, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant global impact, with more than 280,000,000
people infected and 5,400,000 deaths. The use of personal protective equipment and the …

A spike-trimer protein-based tetravalent COVID-19 vaccine elicits enhanced breadth of neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants and other variants

R Wang, H Huang, C Yu, C Sun, J Ma, D Kong… - Science China Life …, 2023‏ - Springer
Multivalent vaccines combining crucial mutations from phylogenetically divergent variants
could be an effective approach to defend against existing and future SARS-CoV-2 variants …

Genomic tools in biological invasions: current state and future frontiers

A McGaughran, MK Dhami, E Parvizi… - Genome biology and …, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Human activities are accelerating rates of biological invasions and climate-driven range
expansions globally, yet we understand little of how genomic processes facilitate the …

Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 recombinants and emerging Omicron sublineages

Y Wang, Y Long, F Wang, C Li… - International journal of …, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron is currently the predominant circulating variant in the COVID-19
pandemic. The dominating Omicron sublineages respond to host immune pressure and …

[HTML][HTML] Structural modelling of SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B. 1.1. 7) suggests enhanced furin binding and infectivity

A Mohammad, J Abubaker, F Al-Mulla - Virus Research, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The B. 1.1. 7 SARS-CoV-2 strain that has emerged in the UK in early December
presents seven mutations and three deletions on S-protein structure that could lead to a …

Possible recombination between two variants of concern in a COVID-19 patient

Y He, W Ma, S Dang, L Chen, R Zhang… - Emerging microbes & …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
We identified an individual who was coinfected with two SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern,
the Beta and Delta variants. The ratio of the relative abundance between the two variants …

Role of the Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of COVID-19

R De, S Dutta - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The ongoing pandemic coronavirus disease COVID-19 is caused by the highly contagious
single-stranded RNA virus, SARS-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which has a high rate of …