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Activity of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a hamster model
2022-03-01
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>The efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis by the Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab cocktail (AZD7442) was evaluated in hamsters against a clinical BA.1 strain of SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron. AZD7442 retains inhibitory activity against Omicron despite a substantial loss of efficacy. We estimate that Omicron virus requires about 20-times more antibodies in plasma than the ancestral B.1 strain (G614) v...
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- 09b3f0f6-e6f8-57f0-a203-b5c8e82e0a1b
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1399448/v1
