image: Researchers assessed a sarbecovirus that is found in Russian lesser horseshoe bats and capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. view more
Credit: João Manuel Lemos Lima, Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
A sarbecovirus found in Russian bats is capable of using human ACE2 to enter cells, and is resistant to the antibodies of people vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2
Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010828
Article Title: An ACE2-dependent Sarbecovirus in Russian bats is resistant to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Author Countries: United States
Funding: This work was supported by WSU and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health (ML BG, SNS, SF, SB). Funding for the clinical study specimens was provided under NIH Project U54CA260581-01 (JR, KZ, EN) The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Journal
PLOS Pathogens
Method of Research
Experimental study
Subject of Research
Cells
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.