SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mediated immune escape, infectivity and cell-cell fusion
B. Meng, I. Ferreira, A. Abdullahi, N. Goonawardane, A. Saito, I. Kimura, D. Yamasoba, S. A. Kemp, G. Papa, S. Fatihi, S. Rathore, P. Perera Gerba, T. Ikeda, M. Toyoda, T. S. Tan, , S. Zepeda
This study investigates the immune escape, infectivity, and cell-cell fusion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 compared to Delta, showing higher ACE2 affinity and antibody evasion but similar antiviral drug efficacy.
bioRxiv · Dec 17, 2021Microbiology