“Our research further demonstrates that sarbecoviruses circulating in wildlife outside of Asia – even in places like western Russia where the Khosta-2 virus was found – also pose a threat to global health and ongoing vaccine campaigns (https://studyfinds.org/covid-antibodies-booster-shots/) against SARS-CoV-2.”
By moving between species, the virus can mutate and evolve into a new pathogen, which could explain how COVID-19 emerged.
Both Khosta-2 and SARS- CoV-2 belong to the same sub-category of coronaviruses known as sarbecoviruses. The study highlights the need to develop universal vaccines (https://studyfinds.org/universal-coronavirus-vaccine/) to protect against sarbecoviruses in general, rather than just against known variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Using serum derived from human populations vaccinated for COVID, scientists also saw Khosta-2 was not neutralized. Further tests found the antibodies were also ineffective against serum from people infected with the omicron variant (https://studyfinds.org/omicron-dont-know-theyre-sick/).
“Our research further demonstrates that sarbecoviruses circulating in wildlife outside of Asia – even in places like western Russia where the Khosta-2 virus was found – also pose a threat to global health and ongoing vaccine campaigns (https://studyfinds.org/covid-antibodies-booster-shots/) against SARS-CoV-2.”
By moving between species, the virus can mutate and evolve into a new pathogen, which could explain how COVID-19 emerged.
Both Khosta-2 and SARS- CoV-2 belong to the same sub-category of coronaviruses known as sarbecoviruses. The study highlights the need to develop universal vaccines (https://studyfinds.org/universal-coronavirus-vaccine/) to protect against sarbecoviruses in general, rather than just against known variants of SARS-CoV-2.
Using serum derived from human populations vaccinated for COVID, scientists also saw Khosta-2 was not neutralized. Further tests found the antibodies were also ineffective against serum from people infected with the omicron variant (https://studyfinds.org/omicron-dont-know-theyre-sick/).
Sauce (https://studyfinds.org/khosta-2-pandemic-new-virus-russian-bat/)