Antibody escape drives emergence of diverse spike haplotypes resembling variants of concern in persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections
Luke B. Snell, Suzanne Pickering, Adela Alcolea-Medina, Helena Winstone, Jeffrey Seow, Carl Graham, Lorcan O’Connell, Rahul Batra, Michael H. Malim, Katie J. Doores, Gaia Nebbia, Jonathan D. Edgeworth, Stuart J. D. Neil, Rui Pedro Galão
The paper identifies diverse spike haplotypes in persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections that show immune escape mechanisms similar to variants of concern.
Cell Reports Medicine · Feb 1, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology