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Case Study: Prolonged Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Shedding from an Asymptomatic Immunocompromised Individual with Cancer.

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The data indicate that certain immunocompromised patients may shed infectious virus for longer durations than previously recognized, and detection of subgenomic RNA is recommended in persistently SARS-CoV-2 positive individuals as a proxy for shedding of infectious virus.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2020-12-23 and is currently open access. It has received 573 citations till now.

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SARS-CoV-2 variants, spike mutations and immune escape.

TL;DR: A review of the literature on mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, the primary antigen, focusing on their impacts on antigenicity and contextualizing them in the protein structure is presented in this article.
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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa.

TL;DR: A newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2) was identified in South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic in a severely affected metropolitan area (Nelson Mandela Bay) that is located on the coast of the Eastern Cape province.
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Adaptive immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

TL;DR: In this article, a picture has begun to emerge that reveals that CD4+ T cells, CD8+ Tcells, and neutralizing antibodies all contribute to control SARS-CoV-2 in both non-hospitalized and hospitalized cases of COVID-19.
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Genomics and epidemiology of the P.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil.

Nuno R. Faria, +74 more
- 21 May 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a two-category dynamical model that integrates genomic and mortality data to estimate that P.1 may be 1.7-to 2.4-fold more transmissible and that previous (non-P.1) infection provides 54 to 79% of the protection against infection with P.
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Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Houriiyah Tegally, +60 more
- 22 Dec 2020 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage (501Y.V2) characterised by eight lineage-defining mutations in the spike protein, including three at important residues in the receptor-binding domain (K417N, E484K and N501Y).
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The architecture of SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome

TL;DR: A high-resolution map of the SARS-CoV-2 transcriptome and epitranscriptome is provided using nanopore direct RNA sequencing and DNA nanoball sequencing, finding at least 41 potential RNA modification sites with an AAGAA motif.
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Prolonged Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Body Fluids.

TL;DR: The frequency and duration of detectable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in human body fluids is estimated and the prolonged persistence of virus RNA in various body fluids may guide the clinical diagnosis and prevention of onward virus transmission.
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Detection of Nucleocapsid Antibody to SARS-CoV-2 is More Sensitive than Antibody to Spike Protein in COVID-19 Patients.

TL;DR: Analysis of heat-inactivated samples by LIPS is a safe and sensitive method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, which is more sensitive than spike protein antibody for detecting early infection.
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