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Parallel evolution in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses (2020)
Journal Article
Escalera-Zamudio, M., Golden, M., Gutiérrez, B., Thézé, J., Keown, J. R., Carrique, L., …Pybus, O. G. (2020). Parallel evolution in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses. Nature Communications, 11(1), 5511. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19364-x

Abstract: Parallel molecular evolution and adaptation are important phenomena commonly observed in viruses. Here, we exploit parallel molecular evolution to understand virulence evolution in avian influenza viruses (AIV). Highly-pathogenic AIVs evolv... Read More about Parallel evolution in the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses.

Crowding and the shape of COVID-19 epidemics (2020)
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Rader, B., Scarpino, S. V., Nande, A., Hill, A. L., Adlam, B., Reiner, R. C., …Kraemer, M. U. G. (2020). Crowding and the shape of COVID-19 epidemics. Nature Medicine,

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is straining public health systems worldwide, and major non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented to slow its spread1,2,3,4. During the initial phase of the outbreak, dissemination of seve... Read More about Crowding and the shape of COVID-19 epidemics.

Identification of Common Deletions in the Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (2020)
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Liu, Z., Zheng, H., Lin, H., Li, M., Yuan, R., Peng, J., …Pfeiffer, J. K. (2020). Identification of Common Deletions in the Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Journal of Virology, 94(17),

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a novel coronavirus first identified in December 2019. Notable features that make SARS-CoV-2 distinct from most other previously identified betacoronaviruses include a receptor binding d... Read More about Identification of Common Deletions in the Spike Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2.

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil (2020)
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de Souza, W. M., Buss, L. F., Candido, D. A., Carrera, J. P., Li, S., Zarebski, A. E., …Faria, N. R. (2020). Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(8), 856-865

The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Brazil on 25 February 2020. We report and contextualize epidemiological, demographic and clinical findings for COVID-19 cases during the first 3 months of the epidemic. By 31 May 2020, 514,200 COVID-19 cases... Read More about Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil.

Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China (2020)
Journal Article
Yang, Q., Zhao, X., Lemey, P., Suchard, M. A., Bi, Y., Shi, W., …Tian, H. (2020). Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(11), 5949-5954. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906954117

The live poultry trade is thought to play an important role in the spread and maintenance of highly pathogenic avian influenza A viruses (HP AIVs) in Asia. Despite an abundance of small-scale observational studies, the role of the poultry trade in di... Read More about Assessing the role of live poultry trade in community-structured transmission of avian influenza in China.