[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 …

Evolution of the SARS‐CoV‐2 omicron variants BA. 1 to BA. 5: implications for immune escape and transmission

LB Shrestha, C Foster, W Rawlinson… - Reviews in Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first dominant SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant BA. 1 harbours 35 mutations in its Spike
protein from the original SARS‐CoV‐2 variant that emerged late 2019. Soon after its …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 omicron subvariants BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2

P Qu, JP Evans, JN Faraone, YM Zheng, C Carlin… - Cell host & …, 2023 - cell.com
The continued evolution of SARS-CoV-2 has led to the emergence of several new Omicron
subvariants, including BQ. 1, BQ. 1.1, BA. 4.6, BF. 7, and BA. 2.75. 2. Here, we examine the …

Bivalent omicron BA. 1–adapted BNT162b2 booster in adults older than 55 years

P Winokur, J Gayed, D Fitz-Patrick… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The emergence of immune-escape variants of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 warrants the use of sequence-adapted vaccines to provide …

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 …

Increased memory B cell potency and breadth after a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA boost

F Muecksch, Z Wang, A Cho, C Gaebler, T Ben Tanfous… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 infected many vaccinated and convalescent
individuals,–. Despite the reduced protection from infection, individuals who received three …

[HTML][HTML] Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants following heterologous CoronaVac plus BNT162b2 booster vaccination

E Pérez-Then, C Lucas, VS Monteiro, M Miric… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The recent emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is raising concerns because of
its increased transmissibility and its numerous spike mutations, which have the potential to …

Current evidence on efficacy of COVID‐19 booster dose vaccination against the Omicron variant: A systematic review

S Chenchula, P Karunakaran… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is an ongoing pandemic, which affected
around 45 million confirmed cases of COVID‐19, including more than 6 million deaths …

Three exposures to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 by either infection or vaccination elicit superior neutralizing immunity to all variants of concern

PR Wratil, M Stern, A Priller, A Willmann, G Almanzar… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Infection-neutralizing antibody responses after severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection or coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination are an …

COVID-19 vaccine development: milestones, lessons and prospects

M Li, H Wang, L Tian, Z Pang, Q Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
With the constantly mutating of SARS-CoV-2 and the emergence of Variants of Concern
(VOC), the implementation of vaccination is critically important. Existing SARS-CoV-2 …