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D. P. Shinde, J. A. Plante, D. Scharton, B. Mitchel, J. Walker, S. R. Azar, R. Kroon-Campos, L. A. Sacchetto, B. P. Drumond, N. Vasilakis, K. S. Plante, S. C. Weaver
The paper shows that prior immunity to dengue and Zika viruses reduces yellow fever viremia, limiting mosquito infection and urban transmission risk.
bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology
K. S. Plante, J. A. Plante, S. R. Azar, D. P. Shinde, D. Scharton, A. F. Versiani, N. I. Oliveira da Silva, T. Strange, L. Sacchetto, E. B. Fokam, S. L. Rossi, S. Weaver, R. E. Marques, M. L. Nogueira, N. Vasilakis
This study develops murine models of Ilheus virus infection and shows Aedes mosquitoes are highly susceptible, suggesting ILHV is poised for emergence in the neotropics.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2023Microbiology
C. Schindewolf, K. Lokugamage, M. Vu, B. A. Johnson, D. Scharton, J. A. Plante, B. K. Kalveram, P. A. Crocquet-Valdes, S. L. Sotcheff, E. Jaworski, R. E. Alvarado, K. Debbink, M. D. Daugherty, S. Weaver, A. L. Routh, , V. D. Menachery
This paper shows that SARS-CoV-2's NSP16 protein helps evade immune detection by methylating viral mRNA, and disrupting this function reduces viral replication and disease in hamsters.
bioRxiv · Sep 26, 2022Microbiology
B. A. Johnson, Y. Zhou, K. G. Lokugamage, M. N. Vu, N. E. Bopp, P. A. Crocquet-Valdes, B. Kalveram, C. Schindewolf, Y. Liu, D. Scharton, J. A. Plante, X. Xie, P. Aguilar, S. Weaver, P.-Y. Shi, , V. D. Menachery
This study shows that mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein enhance viral replication and pathogenesis by increasing phosphorylation and resisting kinase inhibition.
PLOS Pathogens · Jun 21, 2022Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
M. N. Vu, K. Lokugamage, J. A. Plante, D. Scharton, B. A. Johnson, S. Sotcheff, D. Swetnam, C. Schindewolf, R. E. Alvarado, P. A. Crocquet-Valdes, K. Debbink, S. Weaver, D. H. Walker, A. L. Routh, K. S. Plante, V. D. Menachery
This study shows that deleting the QTQTN motif reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication and disease by affecting spike processing and glycosylation.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2021Microbiology
R. L. Hajnik, J. A. Plante, Y. Liang, M.-G. Alameh, J. Tang, C. Zhong, A. Adam, D. Scharton, G. H. Rafael, Y. Liu, N. C. Hazell, J. Sun, L. Soong, P.-Y. Shi, T. Wang, , H. Hu
This study shows that combining mRNA vaccines targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleoprotein proteins enhances protection against the delta variant in animal models.
bioRxiv · Dec 8, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology
Y. Liu, J. Liu, K. S. Plante, J. A. Plante, X. Xie, X. Zhang, Z. Ku, Z. An, D. Scharton, C. Schindewolf, V. D. Menachery, P.-Y. Shi, S. C. Weaver
The paper shows the N501Y spike mutation in SARS-CoV-2 enhances viral transmission in hamsters and human airway cells by increasing receptor binding affinity.
bioRxiv · Mar 8, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology
J. A. Plante, Y. Liu, J. Liu, H. Xia, B. A. Johnson, K. G. Lokugamage, X. Zhang, A. E. Muruato, J. Zou, C. R. Fontes-Garfias, D. Mirchandani, D. Scharton, J. P. Bilello, Z. Ku, Z. An, , P.-Y. Shi
This study shows the D614G mutation in SARS-CoV-2 increases viral replication and upper respiratory tract viral loads but does not reduce vaccine efficacy or antibody neutralization.
bioRxiv · Sep 1, 2020Microbiology
J. Harcourt, A. Tamin, X. Lu, S. Kamili, S. Kumar Sakthivel, L. Wang, J. Murray, K. Queen, B. Lynch, B. Whitaker, Y. Tao, C. Paden, J. Zhang, Y. Li, A. Uehara, , N. J. Thornburg
The paper isolates and characterizes SARS-CoV-2 from the first US COVID-19 patient, showing high replication in Vero cells and depositing the strain for public use.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2020 · PreprintMicrobiology