[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 variant biology: immune escape, transmission and fitness

AM Carabelli, TP Peacock, LG Thorne… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
In late 2020, after circulating for almost a year in the human population, severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibited a major step change in its …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant: recent progress and future perspectives

Y Fan, X Li, L Zhang, S Wan, L Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there have been
a few variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), one of …

Respiratory mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 after mRNA vaccination

J Tang, C Zeng, TM Cox, C Li, YM Son, IS Cheon… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces robust humoral and cellular immunity in the
circulation; however, it is currently unknown whether it elicits effective immune responses in …

Immune boosting by B. 1.1. 529 (Omicron) depends on previous SARS-CoV-2 exposure

CJ Reynolds, C Pade, JM Gibbons, AD Otter, KM Lin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The Omicron, or Pango lineage B. 1.1. 529, variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) carries multiple spike mutations with high transmissibility and …

[HTML][HTML] T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike cross-recognize Omicron

R Keeton, MB Tincho, A Ngomti, R Baguma, N Benede… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant (B. 1.1. 529) has multiple spike protein
mutations, that contribute to viral escape from antibody neutralization,,–and reduce vaccine …

[HTML][HTML] Bivalent SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines increase breadth of neutralization and protect against the BA. 5 Omicron variant in mice

SM Scheaffer, D Lee, B Whitener, B Ying, K Wu… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants
in the Omicron lineage has resulted in diminished Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

[HTML][HTML] Covid-19 vaccines—immunity, variants, boosters

DH Barouch - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
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Divergent SARS-CoV-2 Omicron–reactive T and B cell responses in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

CH GeurtsvanKessel, D Geers, KS Schmitz… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron
variant is spreading rapidly, even in vaccinated individuals, raising concerns about immune …

Immunological memory to SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and COVID‐19 vaccines

A Sette, S Crotty - Immunological reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immunological memory is the basis of protective immunity provided by vaccines and
previous infections. Immunological memory can develop from multiple branches of the …

[HTML][HTML] Population immunity and Covid-19 severity with Omicron variant in South Africa

SA Madhi, G Kwatra, JE Myers, W Jassat… - … England Journal of …, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background The B. 1.1. 529 (omicron) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified on November 25, 2021, in Gauteng …