20 Sep 2024
Reaction Times in Modern Virology: “This is not a Drill”
Daniele Focosi 1,*
, Fabrizio Maggi 2
, Fabrizio Maggi 2 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Immunology of Infectious Diseases)
Abstract
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of interest BA.2.87.1 has not driven any Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave. Nevertheless, it has served to test the reaction times of modern virology laboratories. In this commentary, we highlight how fast the reaction has been at characterizing this sublineage, leading at an unprecedented pace to almost as many papers as the number of viral sequences.
Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2
- BA.2.87.1
- pseudoviruses
- neutralization assays
- emerging pathogens