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List of works by Spyros Lytras

A prenylated dsRNA sensor protects against severe COVID-19

scientific article

Ancient evolution of hepadnaviral paleoviruses and their impact on host genomes

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Circulating SARS-CoV-2 spike N439K variants maintain fitness while evading antibody-mediated immunity

scientific article

Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants leading to the emergence of BQ.1.1 variant

Evidence of significant natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats, not humans

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Natural selection in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in bats created a generalist virus and highly capable human pathogen

scholarly article

No evidence of SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcription and integration as the origin of chimeric transcripts in patient tissues

scientific article

Recurrent emergence and transmission of a SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70

scientific article

Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7

scientific article

Selection Analysis Identifies Clusters of Unusual Mutational Changes in Omicron Lineage BA.1 That Likely Impact Spike Function

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Synonymous Dinucleotide Usage: A Codon-Aware Metric for Quantifying Dinucleotide Representation in Viruses

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Viral CpG deficiency provides no evidence that dogs were intermediate hosts for SARS-CoV-2

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 XBB variant derived from recombination of two Omicron subvariants