Evolution and neutralization escape of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 subvariant

Evolution and neutralization escape of the SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 subvariant

Abstract Omicron BA.2.86 subvariant differs from Omicron BA.2 as well as recently circulating variants by over 30 mutations in the spike protein alone. Here we report on the isolation of the live BA.2.86 subvariant from a diagnostic swab collected in South Africa which we tested for escape from neut...

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Main Authors: Khadija Khan, Gila Lustig, Cornelius Römer, Kajal Reedoy, Zesuliwe Jule, Farina Karim, Yashica Ganga, Mallory Bernstein, Zainab Baig, Laurelle Jackson, Boitshoko Mahlangu, Anele Mnguni, Ayanda Nzimande, Nadine Stock, Dikeledi Kekana, Buhle Ntozini, Cindy van Deventer, Terry Marshall, Nithendra Manickchund, Bernadett I. Gosnell, Richard J. Lessells, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa, Tulio de Oliveira, Anne von Gottberg, Nicole Wolter, Richard A. Neher, Alex Sigal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43703-3

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