Center for Food Animal Health, Animal Sciences Department, OARDC, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Veterinary Preventive Medicine Department, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA
Eugene M. Oltz
Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Gerard Lozanski
Department of Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Richard J. Gumina
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Shan-Lu Liu
Center for Retrovirus Research, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, is rapidly evolving to be more transmissible and to evade acquired immunity. To date, most investigations of SARS-CoV-2 variants have focused on RBD mutations.