SARS-CoV-2 - Latest research and news - Nature
5 days ago · SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Latest Research and Reviews
Wuhan lab samples hold no close relatives to virus behind COVID
Dec 6, 2024 · At a conference in Japan this week, Shi Zhengli, a specialist on bat coronaviruses, reported that none of the viruses stored in her freezers are the most recent ancestors of the virus SARS-CoV-2.
Contact-tracing app predicts risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission
Dec 21, 2023 · The risk of catching COVID-19 as calculated by a smartphone app scales with the probability of subsequently testing positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, showing that digital contact tracing is ...
SARS-CoV-2 biology and host interactions - Nature
Jan 15, 2024 · In this Review, we provide an updated summary of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle, gene function and virus–host interactions, including recent landmark findings on general aspects of coronavirus ...
First encounter with SARS-CoV-2: immune portraits of COVID
Jun 19, 2024 · Controlled infection with SARS-CoV-2 of people who hadn’t previously been exposed to the virus reveals how molecular and cellular signatures of the immune response portend effective defence ...
Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 - Nature
Oct 6, 2020 · In this Review, we describe the basic virology of SARS-CoV-2, including genomic characteristics and receptor use, highlighting its key difference from previously known coronaviruses.
COVID’s future: mini-waves rather than seasonal surges
May 1, 2023 · Three years after the start of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 shows no signs of settling into a seasonal pattern of spread, like influenza has.
The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 - Nature Medicine
Mar 17, 2020 · The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 (red bar at top) was aligned against the most closely related SARS-CoV-like coronaviruses and SARS-CoV itself.
Risk of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection during multiple Omicron variant
Feb 2, 2024 · Nature Communications - The factors influencing risk of reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 are poorly understood. Here, the authors use data from the UK COVID-19 Infection Survey, a community based...
Why a highly mutated coronavirus variant has scientists on alert
Aug 21, 2023 · Nature - Research is under way to determine whether the mutation-laden lineage BA.2.86 has the potential for global spread — or whether it is nothing to worry about.