Akademska digitalna zbirka SLovenije - logo
E-resources
Peer reviewed Open access
  • Isolation, Sequence, Infect...
    Banerjee, Arinjay; Nasir, Jalees A; Budylowski, Patrick; Yip, Lily; Aftanas, Patryk; Christie, Natasha; Ghalami, Ayoob; Baid, Kaushal; Raphenya, Amogelang R; Hirota, Jeremy A; Miller, Matthew S; McGeer, Allison J; Ostrowski, Mario; Kozak, Robert A; McArthur, Andrew G; Mossman, Karen; Mubareka, Samira

    Emerging infectious diseases, 09/2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 9
    Journal Article

    Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected ≈6 million persons worldwide. As SARS-CoV-2 spreads across the planet, we explored the range of human cells that can be infected by this virus. We isolated SARS-CoV-2 from 2 infected patients in Toronto, Canada; determined the genomic sequences; and identified single-nucleotide changes in representative populations of our virus stocks. We also tested a wide range of human immune cells for productive infection with SARS-CoV-2. We confirm that human primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells are not permissive for SARS-CoV-2. As SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread globally, it is essential to monitor single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the virus and to continue to isolate circulating viruses to determine viral genotype and phenotype by using in vitro and in vivo infection models.