G. Bonenfant

Differential neutralization and inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 variants by antibodies elicited by COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

This study evaluates how well antibodies from mRNA vaccines neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants, finding that Omicron shows the most escape but booster doses maintain moderate neutralizing activity.

SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility of cell lines and substrates commonly used in diagnosis and isolation of influenza and other viruses

This study evaluates SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility in cell lines used for influenza and other virus diagnosis, finding that some are permissive while others are not, with MDCK cells being insusceptible due to low ACE2 expression.

Programmable low-cost DNA-based platform for viral RNA detection

This paper develops a low-cost DNA-based platform for rapid and sensitive detection of viral RNA, demonstrating its effectiveness with Zika and SARS-CoV-2 as model systems.

Asian Zika virus isolate significantly changes the transcriptional profile and alternative RNA splicing events in a neuroblastoma cell line

This study shows that a contemporary ZIKV isolate causes more significant changes in gene expression and alternative splicing compared to other viruses in neuronal cells.

Zika Virus Subverts Stress Granules to Promote and Restrict Viral Gene Expression

This study investigates how Zika virus disrupts stress granule formation and modulates viral gene expression by relocalizing specific stress granule proteins.