The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the ...
Experts note that HKU5-CoV-2 has a lower binding affinity to human ACE2 than SARS-CoV-2, and its ability to infect humans on ...
The virus has a special feature, called a furin cleavage site, that helps it enter cells through the ACE2 receptor protein ...
Another highly infectious variant of coronavirus - HKU5-CoV-2 detected in China is capable of evading vaccine-induced ...
The virus is related to the pathogen that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome and capitalizes on the same ‘entry receptor ...