Evolution of enhanced innate immune evasion by SARS-CoV-2

LG Thorne, M Bouhaddou, AK Reuschl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern suggests viral adaptation to enhance
human-to-human transmission,. Although much effort has focused on the characterization of …

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern subvariants BA. 1 and BA. 2 in Denmark

FP Lyngse, CT Kirkeby, M Denwood… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to evolve and new variants emerge.
Using nationwide Danish data, we estimate the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 …

Rapidly shifting immunologic landscape and severity of SARS-CoV-2 in the Omicron era in South Africa

K Sun, S Tempia, J Kleynhans, A Von Gottberg… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
South Africa was among the first countries to detect the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
However, the size of its Omicron BA. 1 and BA. 2 subvariants (BA. 1/2) wave remains poorly …

Durable protection against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is induced by an adjuvanted subunit vaccine

PS Arunachalam, Y Feng, U Ashraf, M Hu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Despite the remarkable efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, waning immunity and the
emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants such as Omicron represents a global health challenge …

Antigenic mapping of emerging SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants BM. 1.1. 1, BQ. 1.1, and XBB. 1

AZ Mykytyn, ME Rosu, A Kok, M Rissmann… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Novel SARS-CoV-2 omicron variants, including BM. 1.1. 1, BQ. 1.1, and XBB. 1, continue to
emerge at an unprecedented rate, evading preexisting immunity from vaccination and …

Covid-19: Do vaccines work against omicron—and other questions answered

E Mahase - 2021 - bmj.com
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Omicron, the great escape artist

A Flemming - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
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immune functions seem to be markedly disrupted in macrophages from older mice. Additional …

Repeated vaccination of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dampens neutralizing antibodies against Omicron variants in breakthrough infection

B Gao, L He, Y Bao, Y Chen, G Lu, Y Zhang, Y Xu… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Since the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) in 2019, the virus has continued to evolve resulting in new waves of infection …

Protection against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 4/5 variant following booster vaccination or breakthrough infection in the UK

J Wei, PC Matthews, N Stoesser, JN Newton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Following primary SARS-CoV-2 vaccination, whether boosters or breakthrough infections
provide greater protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection is incompletely understood. Here …

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron: evasion of potent humoral responses and resistance to clinical immunotherapeutics relative to viral variants of concern

A Aggarwal, AO Stella, G Walker, A Akerman… - medrxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Genetically distinct viral variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) have been recorded since January 2020. Over this time global vaccine programs …