Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 clinical isolates

Autor: Ryuta Uraki, Shun Iida, Peter J. Halfmann, Seiya Yamayoshi, Yuichiro Hirata, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Maki Kiso, Mutsumi Ito, Yuri Furusawa, Hiroshi Ueki, Yuko Sakai-Tagawa, Makoto Kuroda, Tadashi Maemura, Taksoo Kim, Sohtaro Mine, Noriko Iwamoto, Rong Li, Yanan Liu, Deanna Larson, Shuetsu Fukushi, Shinji Watanabe, Ken Maeda, Zhongde Wang, Norio Ohmagari, James Theiler, Will Fischer, Bette Korber, Masaki Imai, Tadaki Suzuki, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37059-x
Popis: Omicron subvariants may differ in their replicative fitness and their potential to cause more severe disease. In this study, the authors characterized Omicron BA.2.75 in a hamster model and found that it replicates more efficiently in the lungs than BA.2 and BA.5.
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