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- Provides a comprehensive overview on relevant SARS-CoV-2 variants
- Discusses the mechanisms of convergent evolution of the viral spike protein
- Explores how mutated strains impact the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology (BRIEFSMICROBIOL)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book reviews the current knowledge of the globally circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, highlights their distinct genetic characteristics and associated conformational changes in the viral spike protein, and profoundly discusses the mechanisms of convergent evolution that led to the rise of these mutated strains at different geographic regions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Furthermore, the book explores how these variants do and may impact the efficacy of established neutralizing antibody-based (nAb) vaccines and therapeutics by analysing latest in vivo and in vitro clinical data. Finally, the author discusses ways on how nAb Covid-19 treatment derived immune escape of SARS-CoV-2 could be minimized in the future.
Authors and Affiliations
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North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
Daniele Focosi
About the author
Dr. Daniele Focosi was born in Lucca (Italy) in 1980. He graduated in medicine with full grades in 2005 at the University of Pisa and completed specialization in hematology in 2009. Furthermore, he achieved a Ph.D. degree in clinical and fundamental virology in 2014 and a master’s degree in clinical trials in oncology-hematology in 2014.
Dr. Focosi has authored over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts indexed on PubMed, for a total h-index of 30. He has been a fellow of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in Trieste and of the Collegio Ghislieri in Pavia, Italy. He is currently employed full time at the Pisa University Hospital.
He has given numerous oral and poster presentations at international medical congresses and is Member of the editorial board of 17 peer-reviewed journals.
He has received awards from the European Federation of Immunogenetics, the European Society for Organ Transplantation, the Italian Society for Hematology, the Italian Interregional Transplant Association, the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Association, the Italian Society for Experimental Hematology, and the Italian Society against Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Convergent Evolution
Book Subtitle: Impact of Virus Variants on Efficacy of COVID-19 Therapeutics and Vaccines
Authors: Daniele Focosi
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87324-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87323-3Published: 12 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87324-0Published: 11 October 2021
Series ISSN: 2191-5385
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5393
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 136
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Virology, Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Microbial Genetics and Genomics