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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.2.86: limited potential for global spread
30 Nov 2023
Abstract excerpt
In recent studies published in Nature and Lancet Infectious Diseases , 1 , 2 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant BA.2.86 exhibited a substantial antigenic drift, enhanced receptor affinity, and less immune evasion to sera of individuals upon XBB breakthrough infection or reinfection. These findings suggest that the potential for BA.2.86 to spread globally is limited, albeit the mutated BA.2.86 sequences were detected...
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