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SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.351 and P.1 escape from neutralizing antibodies.

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In this article, the authors show that SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 variants B.1.7 (UK), B.351 (South Africa), and P.1 (Brazil) harbor mutations in the viral spike (S) protein that may alter virus-host cell interactions and confer resistance to inhibitors and antibodies.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2021-04-29 and is currently open access. It has received 754 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neutralizing antibody.

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One year into the pandemic: Short-term evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and emergence of new lineages.

TL;DR: The authors in this paper reviewed the events that led to the identification of these lineages, as well as emerging data concerning their possible implications for viral phenotypes, reinfection risk, vaccine efficiency and epidemic potential.
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A pneumonia outbreak associated with a new coronavirus of probable bat origin

TL;DR: Identification and characterization of a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which caused an epidemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans in Wuhan, China, and it is shown that this virus belongs to the species of SARSr-CoV, indicates that the virus is related to a bat coronav virus.
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