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Camila R. Fontes-Garfias

Researcher at University of Texas Medical Branch

Publications -  39
Citations -  9604

Camila R. Fontes-Garfias is an academic researcher from University of Texas Medical Branch. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neutralization & Virus. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 38 publications receiving 5053 citations.

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Spike mutation D614G alters SARS-CoV-2 fitness.

TL;DR: Hamsters infected with SARS-CoV-2 expressing spike D614G (G614 virus) produced higher infectious titres in nasal washes and the trachea, but not in the lungs, supporting clinical evidence showing that the mutation enhances viral loads in the upper respiratory tract of COVID-19 patients and may increase transmission.
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Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 spike 69/70 deletion, E484K and N501Y variants by BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited sera.

TL;DR: In this paper, three severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viruses containing key spike mutations from the newly emerged United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) variants: N501Y from UK and SA; 69/70 deletion + N 501Y+D614G from UK; and E484K from SA.