SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.87.1 Exhibits Higher Susceptibility to Serum Neutralization Than EG.5.1 and JN.1
Q. Wang, Y. Guo, L. T. Schwanz, I. A. Mellis, Y. Sun, Y. Qu, G. Urtecho, R. Valdez, E. Stoneman, A. Gordon, H. H. Wang, L. Liu, D. D. Ho
This study compares the antibody evasion, ACE2 binding, and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.87.1 with EG.5.1 and JN.1, finding BA.2.87.1 has lower immune evasion and reduced infectivity.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2024Microbiology