The development of COVID-19 treatment

Y Yuan, B Jiao, L Qu, D Yang, R Liu - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused
a pandemic named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has become the greatest …

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] Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants

Q Wang, S Iketani, Z Li, L Liu, Y Guo, Y Huang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
The BQ and XBB subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron are now rapidly expanding, possibly
due to altered antibody evasion properties deriving from their additional spike mutations …

Efficacy of antiviral agents against omicron subvariants BQ. 1.1 and XBB

M Imai, M Ito, M Kiso, S Yamayoshi… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Efficacy of Antiviral Agents against Omicron Subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB | New England Journal
of Medicine Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced …

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 …

Antigenicity and receptor affinity of SARS-CoV-2 BA. 2.86 spike

Q Wang, Y Guo, L Liu, LT Schwanz, Z Li, MS Nair, J Ho… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariant, BA.
2.86, has emerged and spread to numerous countries worldwide, raising alarm because its …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2

P Qu, JP Evans, JN Faraone, YM Zheng, C Carlin… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has led to the emergence of several new Omicron
subvariants, including BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2. Here, we examine the …

Multiple pathways for SARS-CoV-2 resistance to nirmatrelvir

S Iketani, H Mohri, B Culbertson, SJ Hong, Y Duan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Nirmatrelvir, an oral antiviral targeting the 3CL protease of SARS-CoV-2, has been
demonstrated to be clinically useful against COVID-19 (refs.,). However, because SARS …

Antibody evasion by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 2.12. 1, BA. 4 and BA. 5

Q Wang, Y Guo, S Iketani, MS Nair, Z Li, H Mohri… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BA. 2.12. 1 and BA. 4/5 have surged notably to
become dominant in the United States and South Africa, respectively,. These new …

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 …