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SARS-like WIV1-CoV poised for human emergence

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Menachery, Vineet D., Yount, Boyd L., Sims, Amy C., Debbink, Kari, Agnihothram, Sudhakar S., Gralinski, Lisa E., Graham, Rachel L., Scobey, Trevor +10 more·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV highlights the continued risk of cross-species transmission leading to epidemic disease. This manuscript describes efforts to extend surveillance beyond sequence analysis, constructing chimeric and full-length zoonotic coronaviruses to evaluate emergence potential. Focusing on SARS-like virus sequences isolated from Chinese horseshoe bats, the results indicate a significant threat posed by WIV1-CoV. Both full-length and chimeric WIV1-CoV readily replicated efficiently in human airway cultures and in vivo, suggesting capability of direct transmission to humans. In addition, while monoclonal antibody treatments prove effective, the SARS-based vaccine approach failed to confer protection. Together, the study indicates an ongoing threat posed by WIV1-related viruses and the need for continued study and surveillance.

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Menachery, V. D., Yount, B. L., Sims, A. C., Debbink, K., Agnihothram, S. S., Gralinski, L. E., Graham, R. L., Scobey, T., Plante, J. A., Royal, S. R., Swanstrom, J., Sheahan, T. P., Pickles, R. J., Corti, D., Randell, S. H., Lanzavecchia, A., Marasco, W. A., & Baric, R. S.
Affiliations
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599;
  • National Center for Toxicological Research (US)
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • Harvard University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2016-03-14
Volume
113
Issue
11
Pages
3048-3053
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2298153446
Cited by
418
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 37 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 117 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 10
FWCI
19.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI109761, U19AI107810, F32AI102561)
  • Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI1085524)
  • HHS | NIH | National Institute on Aging (K99AG049092)
  • HHS | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK065988)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Animal Virus Infections Studies
Keywords
SARS-like coronaviruses, zoonotic viruses, viral emergence, metagenomics, reverse genetics, pathogenicity, reservoir hosts, human-to-human transmission
MeSH terms
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2, Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antibodies, Viral, Cells, Cultured, Chlorocebus aethiops, Chiroptera, Coronaviridae, Coronaviridae Infections, Cross Reactions, Epithelial Cells, Humans, Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, Lung, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Molecular, Protein Conformation, Receptors, Virus, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Species Specificity, Vero Cells, Virus Replication, Zoonoses, Point Mutation, Encephalitis, Viral, Communicable Diseases, Emerging, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Mice, Antibodies, Neutralizing, Host Specificity, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

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