Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant
Tomokazu Tamura, Keita Mizuma, Hesham Nasser…·Kei Sato
This study investigates the virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 variant, finding it has higher reproduction number than EG.5.1 but lower pathogenicity and replication capacity compared to BA.2.