Distinct antigenic properties of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.4 and BA.5
B. J. Willett, A. Kurshan, N. Thakur…·T. P. Peacock
This study compares the antigenic properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 with BA.1, BA.2, and vaccine-induced antibodies, finding they are antigenically distinct and show enhanced neutralisation breadth after breakthrough infection.