Velmurugan Balaraman

SARS-CoV-2 infection, disease and transmission in domestic cats

Natasha N. Gaudreault, Jessie D. Trujillo, Mariano Carossino et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2020 · 287 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Veterinary Microbiology +17

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern link to increased spike cleavage and virus transmission

Alba Escalera, Ana S. Gonzalez‐Reiche, Sadaf Aslam et al. · Cell Host & Microbe · 2022 · 197 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Infectious Diseases +13

Vulnerability of primitive human placental trophoblast to Zika virus

Megan A. Sheridan, Dinar Yunusov, Velmurugan Balaraman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 173 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Infectious Diseases +17

The N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 spike leads to morbidity in obese and aged mice and is neutralized by convalescent and post-vaccination human sera

Raveen Rathnasinghe, Sonia Jangra, Anastasija Čupić et al. · medRxiv · 2021 · 137 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Pathobiology +17

Infection and transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 and its alpha variant in pregnant white-tailed deer

Konner Cool, Natasha N. Gaudreault, Igor Morozov et al. · Emerging Microbes & Infections · 2021 · 114 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Animal Sciences, Infectious Diseases +14