A SARS-CoV-2 spike ferritin nanoparticle vaccine protects hamsters against Alpha and Beta virus variant challenge

Abstract The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) requires adequate coverage of vaccine protection. We evaluated whether a SARS-CoV-2 spike ferritin nanoparticle vaccine (SpFN), adjuvanted with the Army Liposomal Formulation QS21 (ALFQ), conferred protection against the Alpha (B.1.1.7),...

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Main Authors: Kathryn McGuckin Wuertz, Erica K. Barkei, Wei-Hung Chen, Elizabeth J. Martinez, Ines Lakhal-Naouar, Linda L. Jagodzinski, Dominic Paquin-Proulx, Gregory D. Gromowski, Isabella Swafford, Akshaya Ganesh, Ming Dong, Xiankun Zeng, Paul V. Thomas, Rajeshwer S. Sankhala, Agnes Hajduczki, Caroline E. Peterson, Caitlin Kuklis, Sandrine Soman, Lindsay Wieczorek, Michelle Zemil, Alexander Anderson, Janice Darden, Heather Hernandez, Hannah Grove, Vincent Dussupt, Holly Hack, Rafael de la Barrera, Stasya Zarling, James F. Wood, Jeffrey W. Froude, Matthew Gagne, Amy R. Henry, Elham Bayat Mokhtari, Prakriti Mudvari, Shelly J. Krebs, Andrew S. Pekosz, Jeffrey R. Currier, Swagata Kar, Maciel Porto, Adrienne Winn, Kamil Radzyminski, Mark G. Lewis, Sandhya Vasan, Mehul Suthar, Victoria R. Polonis, Gary R. Matyas, Eli A. Boritz, Daniel C. Douek, Robert A. Seder, Sharon P. Daye, Mangala Rao, Sheila A. Peel, M. Gordon Joyce, Diane L. Bolton, Nelson L. Michael, Kayvon Modjarrad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:npj Vaccines
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-021-00392-7