Machine learning methods accurately predict host specificity of coronaviruses based on spike sequences alone
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.09.010
Abstract: Coronaviruses infect many animals, including humans, due to interspecies transmission. Three of the known human coronaviruses: MERS, SARS-CoV-1, and SARS-CoV-2, the pathogen for the COVID-19 pandemic, cause severe disease. Improved methods to predict host specificity… read more here.
Keywords: host specificity; spike sequences; predict host; specificity coronaviruses ... See more keywords
PWM2Vec: An Efficient Embedding Approach for Viral Host Specification from Coronavirus Spike Sequences
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DOI: 10.3390/biology11030418
Abstract: Simple Summary The family of coronaviruses comprises a diverse set of strains and variants which cause diseases from the common cold to COVID-19. Moreover, they infect a wide array of hosts from bats, camels, birds,… read more here.
Keywords: host; protein; spike sequences; host specificity ... See more keywords