2024
Evolutionary Invasion Analysis of Modern Epidemics Highlights the Context-Dependence of Virulence Evolution
Surasinghe S, Kabengele K, Turner P, Ogbunugafor C. Evolutionary Invasion Analysis of Modern Epidemics Highlights the Context-Dependence of Virulence Evolution. Bulletin Of Mathematical Biology 2024, 86: 88. PMID: 38877355, PMCID: PMC11178639, DOI: 10.1007/s11538-024-01313-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Beluga whale and bottlenose dolphin ACE2 proteins allow cell entry mediated by spike protein from three variants of SARS-CoV-2
Stone H, Unal E, Romano T, Turner P. Beluga whale and bottlenose dolphin ACE2 proteins allow cell entry mediated by spike protein from three variants of SARS-CoV-2. Biology Letters 2023, 19: 20230321. PMID: 38053365, PMCID: PMC10698476, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiotensin-converting enzyme 2Beluga whalesCell entrySpike proteinSpillover of SARS-CoV-2SARS-CoV-2 spike proteinWuhan-Hu-1Formation of social groupsSARS-CoV-2Susceptibility to virus infectionHost individualsAnimal hostsVariants of SARS-CoV-2Pandemic isolatesBottlenose dolphinsACE2 proteinCellular receptorsContact with humansBelugaPotential threatDolphinsProteinAnimal reservoirsEnzyme 2Mammal reservoirs
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