Article
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-variant BA.2.86 is attenuated in hamsters
2023-11-12
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a need to risk-assess newly emerged variants in near “real-time” to estimate their potential threat to public health. The recently emerged Omicron sub-variant BA.2.86 raised concerns as it carries a high number of mutations compared to its predecessors. Here, we assessed the virulence of BA.2.86 in hamsters. We compared the pathogenesis of...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 789d7f7a-e41b-5797-aff1-0bf52f4d58a0
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.11.10.566576