Scott C. Weaver

TL;DR: Time series analysis and Bayesian hierarchical count modeling on a long-term arbovirus dataset used to test associations between mosquito abundance, weather variables, and the frequency of isolation of dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika viruses found little correlation between mosquitoes abundance and viral isolations.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors developed a high-throughput neutralization assay for Omicron SARS-CoV-2 by engineering the OmicRON spike gene into an mNeonGreen USA-WA 1/2020 SARS CoV2 (isolated in January 2020) and determined the neutralization titers (defined as the maximal serum dilution that inhibited 50% of infectious virus) of patient sera collected at 1- or 6-months after infection with non-OmicRON SARS co-virus.

TL;DR: Key questions remain as to the function of these short yet influential untranslated segments of alphavirus RNAs.

TL;DR: In this paper, three SARS-CoV-2 viruses containing key spike mutations from the newly emerged United Kingdom (UK) and South African (SA) variants were engineered.

TL;DR: Findings support the potential use of these chimeric Sindbis/eastern equine encephalitis chimeras as safe and effective vaccines against EEEV.