Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern potentially expand host range to chickens: insights from AXL, NRP1 and ACE2 receptors.

Mengyue LeiYing MaHongli ChenPu HuangJing SunXu WangQiangming SunYunzhang Hu Yunzhang Hu

Published in: Virology journal (2023)

These results suggested that emerging SARS-CoV-2 VOCs potentially expand the host range to chickens mainly through ACE2 and AXL receptors, while NRP1 receptor may rarely participate in the future epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in chickens.

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