The impact of evolving SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variants on COVID-19 vaccines

G McLean, J Kamil, B Lee, P Moore, TF Schulz, A Muik… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of several new variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in recent months has raised concerns around the potential impact on …

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned

SJR da Silva, JCF do Nascimento… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
and virulent human-infecting coronavirus that emerged in late December 2019 in Wuhan …

Increased risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection associated with emergence of Omicron in South Africa

JRC Pulliam, C van Schalkwyk, N Govender… - Science, 2022 - science.org
We provide two methods for monitoring reinfection trends in routine surveillance data to
identify signatures of changes in reinfection risk and apply these approaches to data from …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron has extensive but incomplete escape of Pfizer BNT162b2 elicited neutralization and requires ACE2 for infection

S Cele, L Jackson, DS Khoury, K Khan, T Moyo-Gwete… - MedRxiv, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron, first identified in Botswana and South Africa, may
compromise vaccine effectiveness and the ability of antibodies triggered by previous …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2 and novel therapeutics against coronavirus (COVID-19)

A Aleem, AS Ab, AK Slenker - 2021 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Describe the clinical manifestations, including extrapulmonary manifestations of
COVID-19. Outline the latest treatments available in the management of COVID-19 …

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern partially escape humoral but not T cell responses in COVID-19 convalescent donors and vaccine recipients

D Geers, MC Shamier, S Bogers, G den Hartog… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants harboring mutations in the spike (S) protein has
raised concern about potential immune escape. Here, we studied humoral and cellular …

Antigenic cartography of SARS-CoV-2 reveals that Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 are antigenically distinct

AZ Mykytyn, M Rissmann, A Kok, ME Rosu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The emergence and rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants may affect vaccine efficacy
substantially. The Omicron variant termed BA. 2, which differs substantially from BA. 1 based …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

Effect of natural mutations of SARS-CoV-2 on spike structure, conformation, and antigenicity

SMC Gobeil, K Janowska, S McDowell, K Mansouri… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) have been circulating worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic. Some are termed …