Evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2 and emerging variants

• Published in: Virology journal Vol. 18; no. 1; p. 166
• Main Authors: Singh, Jalen, Pandit, Pranav, McArthur, Andrew G., Banerjee, Arinjay, Mossman, Karen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.08.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Betacoronavirus 1; Coronavirus; Coronavirus 229E, Human - genetics; Coronavirus 229E, Human - immunology; Coronavirus 229E, Human - pathogenicity; Coronavirus infections; Coronavirus NL63, Human - genetics; Coronavirus NL63, Human - immunology; Coronavirus NL63, Human - pathogenicity; Coronavirus OC43, Human - genetics; Coronavirus OC43, Human - immunology; Coronavirus OC43, Human - pathogenicity; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - transmission; COVID-19 - virology; COVID-19 Vaccines; disease severity; Disease transmission; Evolution; Genetic aspects; Health aspects; Humans; Immunity; Methods; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Mutation; Mutations; neutralization; Pathogenicity; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Review; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Selection; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Variants; virology; Virus research; virus transmission; viruses; Zoonoses; Canada; China; Hubei China; Mutations; Variants; Evolution; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus; Selection

The emergence of a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and more recently, the independent evolution of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants has generated renewed interest in virus evolution and cross-species transmission. While all known human coronaviruses (HCoV...