Characterization of Omicron BA.4.6, XBB, and BQ.1.1 subvariants in hamsters

Characterization of Omicron BA.4.6, XBB, and BQ.1.1 subvariants in hamsters

Abstract During the Omicron wave, previous variants such as BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5 were replaced by newer variants with additional mutations in the spike protein. These variants, BA.4.6, BQ.1.1, and XBB, have spread in different countries with different degrees of success. Here, we evaluated the repli...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Halfmann, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Makoto Kuroda, Yuichiro Hirata, Seiya Yamayoshi, Shun Iida, Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, Hiroshi Ueki, Yuri Furusawa, Yuko Sakai-Tagawa, Maki Kiso, Tammy Armbrust, Sam Spyra, Ken Maeda, Zhongde Wang, Masaki Imai, Tadaki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06015-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06015-w

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