Wei Zhao

TL;DR: In this article , the authors identified diverse recombination events between two Omicron major subvariants (BA.1 and BA.2) and other variants of concern (VOCs) and variants of interest (VOIs), suggesting that co-infection and subsequent genome recombination play important roles in the ongoing evolution of SARS-CoV-2.

TL;DR: In this paper , a quantum dot lateral flow immunoassay strip (QD-LFIA) was designed for smartphones for the detection of specific IgG or neutralizing antibodies in SARS-CoV-2 in human serum or whole blood samples.

TL;DR: The developed method allows for the rapid identification of HAdV respiratory pathogens, including recombinants, and bypasses the need for whole genome sequencing for real-time surveillance of circulating adenovirus strains in outbreaks and populations by clinical virologists, public health officials, and epidemiologists.

TL;DR: Results indicate that SARS-CoV-2 ORF8 antagonizes the RIG-I/MDA-5 signaling pathway by targeting HSP90B1, which subsequently exhibits an inhibitory effect on the production of IFN-I.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors performed a conservation and specificity analysis of the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) protein and integrated various B-cell epitope prediction methods to obtain possible dominant epitope regions for the N protein.