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New omicron subvariant largely evades neutralizing antibodies
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New omicron subvariant largely evades neutralizing antibodies

by Karolinska Institutet BA.2.75.2 escapes neutralizing antibodies. (A) Differences from BA.2 in BA.2.75 (orange), and BA.2.75.2 (red, underlined), depicted upon the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2 receptor binding domain (pdb:7UB0). Sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 omicron sublineages and ancestral B.1 (D614G) to neutralization by monoclonal antibodies (B), and randomly sampled sera from blood donated in Stockholm, Sweden, between Nov 8–14,...

Vaccines protect against infection from Omicron subvariant — but not for long
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Vaccines protect against infection from Omicron subvariant — but not for long

Saima May Sidik Two doses of an mRNA vaccine such as that made by Pfizer–BioNTech provide similar protection against two subvariants of SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is replacing its sister version, BA.1, as the dominant form of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, which has led scientists to wonder whether...