Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 infection results in attenuated pathology in hACE2 transgenic mice

Abstract A recently emerged sub-lineage of Omicron, BA.5, together with BA.4, caused a fifth wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in South Africa and subsequently emerged as a predominant strain globally due to its high transmissibility. The lethality of BA.5 infection has not been studied in an a...

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Main Authors: Zaigham Abbas Rizvi, Jyotsna Dandotiya, Srikanth Sadhu, Ritika Khatri, Janmejay Singh, Virendra Singh, Neeta Adhikari, Kritika Sharma, Vinayake Das, Amit Kumar Pandey, Bhabatosh Das, Guruprasad Medigeshi, Shalendra Mani, Shinjini Bhatnagar, Sweety Samal, Anil Kumar Pandey, Pramod Kumar Garg, Amit Awasthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05263-6