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Considerable escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron to antibody neutralization

2021-12-15

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The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant was first identified in November 2021 in Botswana and South Africa 1,2 . It has in the meantime spread to many countries and is expected to rapidly become dominant worldwide. The lineage is characterized by the presence of about 32 mutations in the Spike, located mostly in the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the receptor binding domain (RBD), which may enhance viral fitness and allow an...

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fa69a41a-9240-59e8-a80f-834c2ddcce42
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10.1101/2021.12.14.472630
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